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Title
Photograph by L. A. Huffman in 1887 of "Old Powder River Days," showing the S L Boys at dinner when the cooks did their work by the open fire, Montana(?), 1887
Creator
Huffman, L.A
Date Created and/or Issued
1887
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
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 by L. A. Huffman in 1887 of "Old Powder River Days," showing the S L Boys at dinner when the cooks did their work by the open fire, Montana(?), 1887. A group of pioneers sit eating on the ground at center, while a chuck wagon stand behind them to the right, a canopy extending from it over the remains of a campfire. Pup tents and a corral of horses are visible on the hill behind them
beyond that, tree-dappled hills are visible on the horizon. Handwriting along the bottom edge of the image reads "Old Powder River Days The SL Boys at Dinner, Where the Cooks Did their Work by the Open Fire".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10764
USC-1-1-1-10914 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7896
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10764
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7896.jpg
Subject
Dinners and dining
Photographers
Cowboys
Tents
Horses
Wagons
Camping
Photographers--Huffman, L.A
Transparencies
Plains
Time Period
1887
Place
Montana
USA
Source
7896 [Identifying number]
CHS-7896 [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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