THE OLD WEST
INDUSTRY COMES WEST
The Old West / Animals / Buffalo
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Front reads, "A Killing of Cows and Spikes." and "copyright 1907 By L. A
Huffman."
Reverse reads, "The Huffman Pictures Milestown, Montana A
Killing of Cows and Spikes. Printed from the original negative taken in
the Smoky Butte country in 1881, near the end of the great tragedy, the
extermination of the American bison by red men and white, which was then
nearing its culmination, between the Missouri and the Yellowstone,
during the late seventies. Nine dead animals are shown. The killing
was scattered over a mile of rough breaks, and numbered a total of forty
cows and young bulls in all. What an AWFUL waste it was!" Never mailed.
Front caption reads, "The Last of the Buffalo" Artist signed, "CM Russell [buffalo skull]" Nothing on reverse, no date, never mailed.
Caption reads, "A Team of Buffalo, broken to harness. M 343." Reverse
reads, "Colonel Roosevelt said at Cheyenne Frontier Day. 'That is the
best I ever saw.' This is the only successful team of Buffalo broken to
harness." Attribution reads "Published by Chas. E. Morris Co., Chinook,
Mont. Made in U.S.A." No date, never sent.
Reverse reads, "Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), Montana's famous
Cowboy Artist, was the foremost interpreter of the life of the cowboy
and Indian of the early West. He lived among the Indians and was a
cowboy in the open range days before the coming of the railroad. This
reproduction direct from the original by C. M. Russell - fully protected
by copyright." and "Trail's End Post Card Trail's End Pub. Co. Inc.,
725 Michigan Blvd., Pasadena 10, California" Never mailed no date.
Caption reads, "Red Man's Meat" with "© 1952 - Trail's End Pub. Co.
Inc." Artist signed, "CMR [buffalo skull]"
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