Shooting Steers at a Beef Issue at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

John C. H. Grabill (active 1887-1892)

Date

1887
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 6 1/2 x 9 in.
Mount: 6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c. in black ink: Shooting Steers at a Beef Issue at Pine Ridge \ Indian Reservation
l.c. in negative: No. 333 KILLING BEEF Chey- \ enne Indians killing a beef. Photographed \ while animal is falling \ (Photo. and Copyright by Grabill, 1887)
Mount Verso:
u.c. graphite: A "beef issue" at Pine Ridge (Sioux) agency \ in the days when beef was issued "on the hoof" and \ shot from horseback by the Indians.
c. [stamp]: This Photograph from \ Historical Collection of \ E.A. BRININSTOOL \ Los Angeles, Cal.
Collection Name

Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.550
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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