C. S. Fly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. S. Fly

American photographer

Date of Birth: 02-May-1849

Place of Birth: Andrew County, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1901

Profession: photographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly (May 2, 1849 – October 12, 1901) was an Old West photographer who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while still at war with the United States.
He took many other pictures of life in the mining boom town of Tombstone, Arizona and the surrounding region.
He recognized the value of his photographs to illustrate periodicals of the day and took his camera to the scenes of important events where he deliberately recorded them and resold pictures to editors nationwide. He was an eyewitness on October 26, 1881 to the Gunfight at the O.K.
Corral, which took place outside his photography studio.
He took pictures of a number of Tombstone residents including Tombstone founder Ed Schieffelin, pioneer surgeon Dr.
George E.
Goodfellow, Wyatt Earp's wife Josephine, and others. He served as Cochise County Sheriff from 1895 to 1897.
Most of his negatives were destroyed by two fires that burned his studio to the ground.
His widow, photographer Mary E.
"Mollie" Fly, donated his remaining images to the Smithsonian Museum before she died in 1912.
His photographs are legendary and highly prized.