A Series of 9 Original Photographs of a Fatal Train Wreck Involving Silent-Era Film Star Dorothy Gish and Her Mother

Charleston, SC, 1920. Photograph. Near Fine. A collection of 9 original, detailed photographs --each stamped "Lillian Gish" at the rear-- of a serious 1920 train wreck outside of Charleston, SC involving Lillian's sister actress Dorothy Gish and their mother. To quote the handwritten description on the back of one of the photographs: "A train wreck in which Mrs. Gish and Dorothy were involved when they were on their way South for the shooting of a film ("Little Miss Rebellion"). The engineer died with his head in Mrs. Gish's lap as she was trying to comfort him." Ironically, Dorothy had taken part in a major staged train crash in her last film (1919's "Broken Blossoms") but this, sadly, was an actual event. The 9 photographs, each measuring 6" wide x 4 1/4" tall, are all crsp, bright and well-preserved. A macabre piece of Hollywood history, one-of-a-kind nonetheless (the images. taken by an unlnown photographer, probably never reproduced).