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American Bison -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin A. Gifford photographs of the West

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239268235]
Identifier: MSS P 392
Scope and Contents

Collection includes seven photographs of the American West, taken by Gifford between the 1890s and the 1920s. Contains images of Yellowstone National Park, including buffalo.

Dates: approximately 1890-1929

Sumner W. Matteson photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239268110]
Identifier: MSS P 388
Scope and Contents

Collection includes ten photographs taken by Sumner W. Matteson during the 1890s. Includes images of Yellowstone National Park, American bison, and other animals.

Dates: approximately 1890-1900

R. H. McKay photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239268128]
Identifier: MSS P 389
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 12 photographs taken by R.H. Rollins between the 1900s and the 1940s. Includes images of Missoula, Montana, as well as of trains, boats, bridges, and buffalo.

Dates: approximately 1900s-1949

The Oregon Trail, first encounter with buffalo on the Platte

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f6_694a

The Oregon Trail, first encounter with buffalo on the Platte, approximately 1860-1870

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 694

Trapper train blazing Wagon Way to Rockies 1830

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f6_691a

Trapper train blazing Wagon Way to Rockies 1830, approximately 1860-1870

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 691

William Henry Jackson photograph of three bison on the prairie, 1879-1894

 Item — Box 5: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621900], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 326

William Henry Jackson photograph of three bison on the prairie, 1879-1894

 Item — Box 5: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621900], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 327

William Henry Jackson photograph of three bison on the prairie

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b3_f5_327a