Glass negatives
Found in 540 Collections and/or Records:
Glass plate negative of an unnamed rock outcropping in Gardiner, Montana, 1887
Almost the same as 19.
(#19: Striking, unnamed rock outcropping in Gardiner, Montana area, just below Sepulcher Mountain).
Glass plate negative of August "Specimen" Schmidt holding Paul Hoppe, 1887
August "Specimen" Schmidt, Cinnabar resident, holding Paul Hoppe who grew up to be the buffalo keeper in Yelowstone National Park. I've written about Schmidt and Paul Hoppe in Gateway To Yellowstone: The raucous town of Cinnabar on the mountain frontierR (2015). Compare this photo to one in Bill and Doris Whithorn's Photo history of Aldridge, pageg. 171.
Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer and friend on freight wagons near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887
Billy Hofer (driving) and unidentified friend, both on two freight wagons, being pulled by a six-horse team with two more horses tied behind. Background is near Cinnabar, Montana.
Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer and friend on freight wagons near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887
Similar to #6, but with more action.
(#6: Billy Hofer (driving) and unidentified friend, both on two freight wagons, being pulled by a six-horse team with two more horse tied behind. Background is near Cinnabar, Montana).
Hofer has apparently shaken his reins and the entire train is walking forward.
Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer eating a meal in his cabin in Cinnabar, Montana, 1887
Photo of Elwood T. "Uncle Billy" Hofer, in his cabin at Cinnabar (complete with cheesecake pictures on the wall) and eating a meal that makes this entire collection so important, and this image is probably the most important one in the collection, which will be used by Scott Herring in his upcoming (now complete) biography of Billy Hofer.. Identifiable in his meal are buiscuits, corn on the cob, and a bottle of booze.
Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer with horse-drawn water wagon near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887
Elwood T. "Uncle Billy" Hofer and his water wagon, with bucket hanging from rear of barrel, pulled by a single white horse, near Cinnabar, Montana, looking west to Electric Peak. The entire area today is in Yellowstone National Park.
Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1887
Deadfall in forested area with snow; unknown location, but could be in Yellowstone National Park.
Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1877
Similar to #21, but only half the photo is present.
(#21: Deadfall in forested area with snow; unknown location, but could be in Yellowstone National Park).
Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1877
Almost the same as #34 (similar to #21, but half the photo is missing). (#21: Deadfall in forested area with snow; unknown location, but could be in Yellowstone National Park).
Glass plate negative of family group on north bank of Yellowstone River near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887
At least eleven children and their woman chaperone are playing on large boulders on the north bank of Yellowstone River, near Cinnabar, Montana. The photo looks west toward the ridge of Electric Peak. They were outside of Yellowstone National Park then, but the opposite (south) bank of the river is, today, inside the park. At that time, the town of Cinnabar was located on the opposite bank and out of sight of the camera's vantage point.