    
Title: Calamity Jane Description: Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary Burke, 1852-1903), American frontierswoman, Indian scout, stagecoach driver, close friend of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876), and sometimes prostitute; she was profiled by Jane Russell in the 1948 film The Paleface, and highly sanitized version of her life appeared in the 1953 musical film Calamity Jane, with Doris Day in the title role; before her death, Calamity Jane falsely claimed that she and Hickok were secret lovers and had even secretly wed; she asked that be buried next to the gunfighter and her wish was granted. Category: Crime Keywords: crime, criminal justice, criminology, law enforcement, gunfighters, prostitutes, Old West Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1290 x 1645 (2.12 MPixels) (1.28) Print Size: 10.9 x 13.9 cm; 4.3 x 5.5 inches File Size: 6.08 MB (6,372,960 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000001308 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
