Colored photographs of the frontier, 1877-1886.

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Colored photographs of the frontier, 1877-1886.

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Six colored photographs depicting life on the frontier. The photos include: taking cow robes (buffalo skins) at Timber Creek, 1878; Bull train, Main Street, Milestown, Montana Territory, 1880; Near Custer's Hill, June 25, 1877, one year after the battle, shows eight unmarked graves, from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, labeled as the last men to fall; Wild goats in the Badlands; A trail herd, Powder River, 1886; Buffalo hunters camp, a relic of the seventies. Each piece has the title and copyright line hand written on the bottom in Huffman's hand. Photos originally came in a leather portfolio that has a debossed and hand cut label stating Huffman Pictures Miles City, with a brand mark.

6 plates ; various sizes.

Cornell University Library

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Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931

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L. A. Huffman spent most of his life photographing the area around his Montana home. He worked at Fort Keogh before starting his own studio selling prints of his glass plate negatives. His photos capture frontier and Indian life. From the description of Colored photographs of the frontier, 1877-1886. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 62320522 From the description of The Huffman pictures, 1870-1910. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64064233 ...

Huntington Free Library

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