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Title
Herd of cattle on part of the Powder River trail, Texas, 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 of a herd of cattle on part of the Powder River trail, Texas, 1887. Cattle are spread out across the plain at center, while hills and a small mountain ridge are visible behind two lines of trees in the background. Handwriting at the bottom of the image reads "Matador (Texas) brand. 1887. Jim Bristow--Boss.". The photo was possibly taken by L.A. Huffman, a famous photographer of Miles City.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9633
USC-1-1-1-9772
USC-1-1-1-10916 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7886
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9633
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7886.jpg
Subject
Bristow, Jim
Cowboys
Horses
Photographers
Cattle trade
Cattle
Photographers--Huffman, L.A
Agriculture--Ranching--Cowboys
Plains
Time Period
1887
Place
Texas
USA
Source
1-78-26 [Microfiche number]
7886 [Accession number]
CHS-7886 [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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