[Native Americana]. A group of 5 cabinet cards taken at Fort Custer and Standing Rock by Goff and Barry.

5 cabinet cards, including:

4 cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, three of which feature the imprint of Orland S. Goff on verso, one with his "Fort Custer, Mont." location also included. The fourth cabinet photograph is unmarked but is attributed to Goff.

Includes the following scenes: "Indian Village, Standing Rock, D.T., No. 4" (toning and soiling to print and mount, tape residue in margins of mount and on verso, some surface loss to verso). -- View of approx. a Native American family at camp, with penciled notation on verso, "Indians Traveling, 'Wickeyup' [sic] in foreground" (water damage to cabinet card, with staining, rippling to print and mount). -- View of a white man standing on the front porch of a home, modern penciled notation on verso identifying the location as "Fort Custer" (toning, some soiling to print and mount, chip to top left corner, short tear through top center edge of mount and print). -- View of two horses working in the fields (few small ripples in print near right edge, some toning and soiling, light surface loss to verso).

Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount with the imprint of D.F. Barry, Bismarck and Standing Rock, D.T. on verso. An outdoor view of Native American subjects resting near horses, inscribed on verso, "Noonday halt." Loss to lower left corner of print, crease through lower left corner of mount.

Together, 5 cabinet cards.

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

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[Native Americana]. A group of 5 cabinet cards taken at Fort Custer and Standing Rock by Goff and Barry.

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