Gritty Real Life Photos of the Wild West

14. Pistols

Owning a gun in the Wild West wasn’t such a rarity, but pistols and their ilk were like fashion accessories. The gun a man carried said something about him. That, and they’re basically the most phallic thing on tintype. Anytime a cowboy was the subject of a photo, he made sure to let the world see the size of his gun. 



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