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Title
Herd of buffalo crossing the plains, showing pioneers on the horizon, Montana, ca.1875
Creator
Huffman, L.A
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1875
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a herd of buffalo crossing the plains, showing pioneers on the horizon, Montana, ca.1875. Seven buffalo are making their way across the desert plain in the foreground, while a group of horsemen and covered wagons stands at the far right on the ridge of a hill. Mountains are visible in the background. Picture file card reads: "Thundering Herd".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6373
USC-1-1-1-6487 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7802
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6373
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7802.jpg
Subject
Animals--Buffalo
Photographers--Huffman, L.A
Animals
Buffalos
Plains
Time Period
circa 1875
Place
Montana
USA
Source
1-156-; 1-74-26 [Microfiche number]
7802 [Accession number]
CHS-7802 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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