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National parks and reserves -- Montana -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer and friend on freight wagons near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252205], item: 6
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 6
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer and friend on freight wagons near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239252213], item: 14
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 14
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer eating a meal in his cabin in Cinnabar, Montana, 1887

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252205], item: 7
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 7
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of Billy Hofer with horse-drawn water wagon near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252205], item: 9
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 9
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1887

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239252213], item: 21
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 21
Scope and Contents

Deadfall in forested area with snow; unknown location, but could be in Yellowstone National Park.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1877

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197239252221], item: 34
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 34
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1877

Glass plate negative of deadfall in forested area with snow, 1877

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197239252221], item: 35
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 35
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1877

Glass plate negative of family group on north bank of Yellowstone River near Cinnabar, Montana, 1887

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252205], item: 11
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 11
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of family group on Yellowstone River, 1887

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239252213], item: 16
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 16
Scope and Contents Another version of photo #11 with the woman in bonnet, one older girl, and nine children, all posed among large boulders on Yellowstone River, which cannot be readily seen. (#11: 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...
Dates: 1887

Glass plate negative of female dog on rear haunches, 1887

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239252213], item: 15
Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 15
Scope and Contents

Female dog sitting upright on her rear haunches, and it is clear that she recently delivered a litter of puppies. My guess is that this was Billy Hofer's dog and that the photo was taken outside his cabin near Cinnabar, Montana.

Dates: 1887