Details

Subject(s)

• Frontier and pioneer life—19th century—Montana [Browse]
• Military life—Photographs—19th century [Browse]
• Assiniboine Indians—Photographs [Browse]
• Fort Assinniboine (Mont.)—Photographs [Browse]
• Montana—Photographs [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Photographs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Photograph albums—19th century [Browse]
• Photographs—19th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1890s.

Summary note

Montana photograph album (“Montana Views and Scenes” on front flyleaf) consisting of 48 sepia-tone gelatin photographs (approx. 4.75” x 6.75” or 11 x 16 cm.). 25 images feature views of frontier lifestyles and scenery (ranches, mines, millworks, and equipment); 10 snapshots feature Assiniboine Indians and lifestyles; 7 feature soldiers and military life; and 6 feature local people and friends. Each image is captioned in white ink, mounted in black cloth album (7” x 11”). Presumably, the photographs were taken by an officer at Fort Assinniboine, near Havre, Montana, in the final years of 19th century.

Source acquisition

Purchase, 2009. AM 2010-49.

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