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Col. Tim McCoy original photographs from the set of The Overland Express. 1928. A group of 14 black and white photographs mounted on scrapbook pages from the making of Col. Tim McCoy’s 1929 Western silent film The Overland Express depicting stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Janis, and Chief John Big Tree, with numerous images of scene set-ups and downtime moments. Includes a newspaper clipping announcing Dorothy Janis’s name change and the signing of a new contract stating that she would not do anything “shocking to the senses.” 2 ¾ x 4 ½”. Col. Tim McCoy was a performer and expert on Native American culture whose silent films distinguished themselves from others of the period in their depictions of Native Americans not as adversaries but as dignified peoples with a rich and valuable cultural history. The Overland Express was selected for preservation by Metro Goldwyn-Mayer and a copy devoted to the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.