Thomas W. Bankes
He was active in Helena, Arkansas and then Little Rock, Arkansas (the capital) from 1863 to 1878. • Illustration — Advertisement in Helena's Southern Shield newspaper He was born in England ca. During the Civil War he photographed officers. He photographed the overcrowded steamship Sultana before it exploded and sank with about 1,167 killed in the disaster.
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Thomas W. Bankes
Anonymous Unknown author · Daily Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock, Arkansas on 29 March 1906 · Public domain
- Born
- 1836 · England.
- Died
- 1906 · Little Rock.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United States
- Occupation
- painter · photographer
- Fields
- painting · photography
- Languages
- English
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He was active in Helena, Arkansas and then Little Rock, Arkansas (the capital) from 1863 to 1878. • Illustration — Advertisement in Helena's Southern Shield newspaper He was born in England ca. During the Civil War he photographed officers. He photographed the overcrowded steamship Sultana before it exploded and sank with about 1,167 killed in the disaster.
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Born at England in 1836, died in Little Rock in 1906.
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting and photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helena and Little Rock. Work by Thomas W. Bankes is recorded in the collections of Historic Arkansas Museum, Library of Congress, Minnesota Historical Society and Photography Collection.
Thomas W. Bankes (1836-1906) arriving in New York on 30 October 1872
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- 1.Palmquist, Peter E. Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865. Stanford University Press. December 9, 2005. 9780804740579.
- 2.Carey, Bill. Sultana Was America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster. April 2, 2022.
- 3.Bankes, T. 1866-1867 Senate Memorial. Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023. December 31, 1867.
- 4.Thomas W. Bankes, who took the iconic photo of the Sultana. 4 March 2022.
- 5.Members of the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas Memory. www.kansasmemory.org.
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