AJCC Research Benefit Auction

#6 – Original painting from the W.B. Coldwell Farm, Kansas

The story provided with the photo: Lassie 34746 in the old bound columns of Jersey Herd Register. Her full name is Lady Royal’s Lass, born on August 8, 1885. She was owned by W.B. Coldwell Farm in Oxford, KS. Unfortunately, we don’t have a good way to find her calf in the paper herd registers because there’s no index by dam. The homesite in the picture is about a half mile North of the main intersection in Oxford, KS. Connecting this property just to the west is the Oxford Cemetery. We learned this land was donated by the Coldwells for use as a cemetery. The farm is still there. There is a new home on the spot where the house in the picture was located. I am sure one of the outbuildings in the picture is still there, the building farthest to the right in the picture. We knew the picture had to be pre-1900, because Mr. Coldwell is buried in the cemetery. He died in October 1899, at the age of 60. Now that I have learned the bull in the picture, Sig Torlandseer 32921 who was bred by Ky. Agric Exp’t Station in Lexington, KY, was born in February 1893. So we know the picture has to be done sometime between then and his death. My personal thought is that Mr. Coldwell was starting a registered cattle herd when he suddenly passed away. Donated by Ron and Christy Ratliff, Kansas

Location: 600 W Sunshine St, Springfield MO, 65807
Contact Agent: Erica Davis