[Native Americana]. Two photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield by Richard Throssel and D.F. Barry.

2 photographs, including:

Crow Indians at Little Bighorn Battlefield by Richard Throssel (1882-1933). 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph copyrighted in the negative at lower right by Throssel, with notations on verso, including caption, "Custer's three scouts...at the Battle Field," and ownership information. Additional manuscript credit to Throssel on verso (light toning, light edge and corner wear to edges and corners). An artfully composed view of three Crow Indian men on horseback, including White Man Runs Him, Hairy Moccasin, and Goes Ahead, positioned among gravestones at the Little Bighorn Battlefield.

View of the 7th US Cavalry Memorial and headstones at the Little Bighorn Battlefield by D.F. Barry (1854-1934). 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (toning, occasional soiling to print and mount, edge and corner wear to mount). Recto with partial applied paper label in lower margin with printed caption, "Custer Battlefield" (partial loss to label), verso with Barry's Bismarck and Standing Rock, D.T. imprint.

Together, 2 photographs.

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[Native Americana]. Two photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield by Richard Throssel and D.F. Barry.

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