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Colored photographs of the frontier

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9111

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

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