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Pictures and Descriptive=20
Labels
Included with each photograph purchased from our gallery =
is a=20
label describing the subject matter of the picture. This label is =
printed=20
on crack and peel paper and may be applied to the dust cover (back =
of=20
picture) when the picture is framed.=20
When a picture is framed in our gallery the descriptive label =
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available framed under glass in moulding matching that of the art =
work and=20
can be hung with the art work. Overall dimension of framed =
Descriptive=20
Label is approximately 5 1/4"x 6 1/2". This greatly enhances the =
interest=20
of the photograph by bringing it historically to life.=20
Below are a few examples of Huffman photos with the =
descriptive=20
text. Click on the image to see photo in a larger size.=20
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Spotted Eagle's Sioux =
Village -=20
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1879 | Spotted=20
Eagle's Village was the last great leather lodge =
village=20
seen on the Yellowstone. These lodges were pitched in the =
fall of=20
1880 near Fort Keogh when the Spotted Eagle band numbering =
nearly=20
2500 people of the Sioux nation surrendered to General =
Nelson Miles.=20
At this point in time, most lodges in other camps were made =
from=20
White Man's canvas. This is also the village where =
Rain-In-The-Face=20
was a prisoner of war and where Huffman smuggled him away =
from the=20
camp and into his studio where numerous photographs were =
made of=20
him. (see page 39 of Coffrin's catalogue). |
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Going To The =
Roundup
This=20
remains one of Huffman's
most popular photographs=20
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today. | A=20
considerable part of a cowboy's working time was =
spent on=20
the roundup, branding calves, gathering beef from the nearby =
hills=20
and gullies and beef that had strayed far from their owner's =
range.=20
A scene such as this meant the start of several days, and =
possibly=20
weeks, of strenuous, long hours in the saddle. This classic =
Huffman=20
photograph pictures the cow hands on their way to set up =
camp with=20
their remuda of geldings trailing behind. Also seen are two, =
of what=20
appear to be, bed wagons that were important to any roundup=20
operation carrying bedrolls, water barrels, extra coats and=20
slickers, rope, etc. |
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The Bob=20
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Saloon | Ismay,=20
Montana exists today, located in the Northeast =
corner of=20
Custer County. One person described Ismay in 1906, about the =
time=20
this picture was taken, as "a wide place in the road." Bob =
Levitt=20
was an expatriate from The Confederacy and as proprietor of =
The Bob=20
Saloon, provided the opportunity for cattleman and =
sheepherder alike=20
to stop to bend his elbow. A classic photograph of a time =
that has=20
passed and will never be again. A time when one could lean =
back in a=20
chair and gaze off in the distance and just do nothing, =
without=20
being considered peculiar. |
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Shy Little =
Cheyenne
Girl With=20
Doll
This photograph was taken in
Huffman's =
old=20
studio in Miles
City, Montana=20
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Territory | This=20
little girl's dress, and the dress of her doll, is=20
exquisitely decorated with dentalia shells. These shells had =
been=20
harvested from the Pacific Ocean floor and traded inland by =
West=20
Coast Tribes. Dentalia shells had been used as money by =
North=20
American Indians for 2,500 years. The careful handwork of =
the=20
Cheyenne people is notably displayed here in this fine and =
sensitive=20
portrait by L.A. Huffman, and a mother's love is manifest in =
her=20
carefully parted and braided hair. Having lived in close =
proximity=20
to the Cheyenne people for most of his life Huffman had =
great=20
respect for them. |
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LU Bar cook making =
bread,=20
1904
A Typical early day chuck wagon=20
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scene. | In the=20
early days the cooking was done over an open fire. =
It takes=20
but little imagination to picture the cook's difficulties =
when=20
working with wet wood on a rainy day, or when the wind blew =
smoke in=20
his eyes, scattered his fire and deposited dust, sand and =
ashes in=20
the food every time he lifted a lid. Later there was a long =
fly of=20
canvas stretched from the wagon to cover the working area, =
or a tent=20
and small portable stove. These went a long way toward =
lessening the=20
cook's troubles. |
Please do not download art work =
displayed on this=20
web site. Copyright to reproduce these photographs in any form is =
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solely by Frank and Nadine Ross D.B.A. Coffrin's Old West Gallery =
as=20
issued to them by the U. S. Copyright Office, Washington,=20
D.C.
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