A collection of 31 stereoviews featuring buffaloes, ca. 1890-1910. All on the same charcoal gray mounts, 29 of which feature the backmark of N.A. Forsyth in Butte, Montana. They additionally feature the name of the image printed to the mount recto. Norman A. Forsyth (1869-1949) was active in Butte, taking photographs of buffalo, Blackfeet Indians, mining and Montana towns. 

 

This lot includes the following images: 

 

1. BUFFALOES. Printed informational card. 

 

2. 30. A Very Mad Little Buffalo. A woman smiles down at a calf that is leashed to a post. 

 

3. 29. Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death. A buffalo busts out of a wooden crate on a train. 

 

4. 28. Worth Three and Four Thousand Dollars a Head. A herd of buffalo graze inside a fenced enclosure. 

 

5. 27. I Don't Want to Go to Canada. Two herders usher a buffalo through a wooden tunnel. 

 

6. 26. An Evening Scene Among the Wild Buffaloes. A herd graze in the distance past a pond or lake, with a range of mountains in the far background. 

 

7. 25. She Nearly Got Him That Time. A buffalo rushes toward a cowboy who jumps on the fence to avoid its headbutt. 

 

8. 24. Buffaloes at Ravalli Awaiting Shipment. Buffaloes are seen in several fenced enclosures, waiting to be shipped possibly to other animal handlers from Ravalli County. 

 

9. 23. Unloading Buffaloes From Wagon Trains. A buffalo jumps out of a wagon while cowboys sit above and watch. 

 

10. 22. Last Buffalo Chase in America. A wide shot of three men on horseback going after a herd of buffalo in the distance. 

 

11. 21? Please Let Me Out, I Want to Go Back. A buffalo jumps up on a fence toward two cowboys that stand on top of the fence's rails. 

 

12. 20. Four Hundred Head Were Driven to Ravalli. Herders guide buffalo down a dirt road. 

 

13. 19. Ten-Horse Teams Hauling Wild Buffaloes. A large multi-crate wagon is pulled by 10 horses, assumedly carrying buffaloes in the crates. 

 

14. 18. Hauling Wild Buffaloes to Ravalli, Mont. Six horse-drawn carts transporting buffaloes travel across a plain. 

 

15. 17. Mad Buffaloes Chasing Horses. Cowboys on horseback attempt to corral buffaloes on the loose. 

 

16. 16. Bringing in a Bunch to Load. A herd of buffaloes take a turn while cowboys chase them. 

 

17. 15. A Buffalo Is Good on the Turn. The camera centers on one buffalo taking a sharp turn, while others run around a plain with cowboys in tow. 

 

18. 14. Mr. Pablo's Buffalo Punchers. A line of cowboys pose on horseback for the camera. 

 

19. 13. "Old Wooly Face," a Prize Head. A close-up shot of a buffalo and its wooly coat. 

 

20. 12. Conquered at Last, Leaving Their Range Forever. As the title dramatically implies, a group of handlers successfully corralled a herd of buffalo. 

 

21. 11. Buffaloes Roll Like a Horse. An image of a buffalo mid-roll with its hooves facing the camera. 

 

22. 10. A Fine Pair in the World's Finest Buffalo Herd. Two large buffalo stand with their profiles facing the camera. 

 

23. 9. Monarch of the Plains. Several buffalo stand and sit on the grassy field. The title is referencing the traits buffaloes are commonly associated with: strength, stoicism and regality. 

 

24. 8. Monster Buffaloes Estimated to Weigh 2,000 Pounds. A closer look at just how large buffaloes are. 

 

25. 7. The King of American Wild Animals. Another play on the idea of buffaloes being monarchs of the plains, this buffalo faces the camera proudly, asserting his dominance as "king." 

 

26. 6. Subdued Prisoners, Waiting for Their Exile. A herd looks slightly right of the camera, perhaps waiting to be led to an enclosure. 

 

27. 5. After the Swim, 117 Wild Buffalo. Several buffalo are captured swimming in a river. 

 

28. 4. Wild Buffaloes Swimming Pend d'Oreille River. Perhaps the same buffalo as the previous image are now seen swimming from a higher angle in this tributary found in British Columbia, Canada. 

 

29. 3. Buffalo Refuses to Be Unloaded. A crate on a wagon sits open with a buffalo unwilling to leave its tiny enclosure and a man stepping down from the crate's top. 

 

30. 2. Good-Bye, Uncle Sam, I Am a Subject of the King. A rather political title as a buffalo makes its way onto a train, perhaps bound for Canada. 

 

31. 1. Wild Buffaloes Shedding Their Winter Coats. A herd is captured in a plain, where some are beginning to shed their thick fur and others are still holding onto the winter coat. 

 

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]

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