Photographic Study Collection

Spanning the history of photography, this collection brings together examples of ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes, cased photographs, stereographs, photographic postcards, silver gelatin prints, and more. The topics covered in the collection primarily focus on the general history of the American West.

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Portrait photograph of two standing men wearing coats
Portrait photograph of two standing men wearing coats
Possibly a Cuban cowgirl with gun
Possibly a Cuban cowgirl with gun
Possibly an African American couple in studio pose
Possibly an African American couple in studio pose
Possibly an older blacksmith with perhaps a leather apron flung over his shoulder
Possibly an older blacksmith with perhaps a leather apron flung over his shoulder
Martyr located on 591 & 593 Pine Street
Prairie Rose Henderson on Brandy
Prairie Rose Henderson on Brandy
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Prairie Rose on "I'm Gone" "Stampede" New York City 1916
Prairie Rose on "I'm Gone" "Stampede" New York City 1916
President & Mrs. Coolidge Arrive at Rapid City for their Vacation in the Black Hills
President & Mrs. Coolidge Arrive at Rapid City for their Vacation in the Black Hills
President Roosevelt's Choicest Recreation - Amid Nature's Grandeur - On Glacier Point
President Roosevelt's Choicest Recreation - Amid Nature's Grandeur - On Glacier Point
President William Howard Taft 1911 speech
President William Howard Taft 1911 speech
Presidents Taft and Wilson in automobile
Presidents Taft and Wilson in automobile
Pretty little Indian girls
Pretty little Indian girls
Primary Pupils Blackfeet Boarding School Browning, Mont.
Primary Pupils Blackfeet Boarding School Browning, Mont.
Nellie May Sherwood is probably the photographer who used a Brownie camera, is probably the wife of a missionary, and is the sister of Lucy Whitten. Postcard postmarked at Browning Mont. on Nov. 4, 1911 to Miss Lucy Whitten, Muzette, Pa. "Dear Sister: Glad you could attend conference. Also glad Bro Giniader is our pastor at DuBois. The only Free Methodist Church in this state is at Kalispell (100 miles from here). Pray for me Nellie May Sherwood. Browning, Mont."

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