Colored photographs of the frontier
Scope and content
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 that reads "Huffman Pictures, Miles City," with a brand mark.
Dates
- 1877-1886.
Creator
- Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931. (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folders.)
1 items. (1 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library.
- American bison hunting.
- Badlands -- Montana
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- Miles City (Mont.)
- Photographs
- Powder River Valley (Wyo. and Mont.)
- Ranch life.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
- Description rules
- Gihc
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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