Collection Items
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CollectionGrabill Collection The one hundred and eighty-eight photographs sent by John C.H. Grabill to the Library of Congress for copyright protection between 1887 and 1892 are thought to be the largest surviving collection of this gifted, early Western photographer's work. Grabill's remarkably well-crafted, sepia-toned images capture the forces of western settlement in South Dakota and Wyoming and document its effects on the area's indigenous communities. The...
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingCondensed catalogue of Grabill's famous views 1 sheet with text. | List of J.C.H. Grabill photos and prices.
- Date: 1888
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe last large bull train on its way from the railroad to the Black Hills 1 photographic print. | Train of oxen and three wagons in open field.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1890
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Photo, Print, DrawingOx teams at Sturgis, D.T. [i.e. Dakota Territory] 1 photographic print. | Line of oxen and wagons along main street.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingFreighting in the Black Hills 1 photographic print. | Several ox teams and wagons in a valley.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingFreighting in "The Black Hills". Photographed between Sturgis and Deadwood 1 photographic print. | Full view of ox trains, between Sturgis and Deadwood, S.D.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingFreighting in the Black Hills 1 photographic print. | Woman holding a whip, standing in front of an ox train.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingFreighting in the Black Hills 1 photographic print. | A woman and a boy using bullwhackers to control a train of oxen.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingMines and Mills. The Caledonia No. 1, Deadwood Terra No. 2, and Terra No. 3. Gold Stamp Mills, located at Terraville, Dak. 1 photographic print. | Three prominent lumber mills and stacks of lumber.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1888
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Interior. "Clean Up" day at the Deadwood Terra Gold Stamp Mill, one of the Homestake Mills, Terraville, Dakota 1 photographic print. | Interior of saw mill; men working on equipment.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1888
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Photo, Print, DrawingDe Smet Gold Stamp Mill, Central City, Dak. 1 photographic print. | Large mill; five smaller buildings in foreground.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1888
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Photo, Print, DrawingWood shooting in the air, De Smet Mill, Center City, Dak. 1 photographic print. | Large pile of timber next to a building.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1888
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Photo, Print, DrawingDobbin's Mills, Black Hills, Dak. 1 photographic print. | Saw mill with smoke stack; piles of lumber; wooded hill in background.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1890
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Interview. Standing Elk, No. 1; Running Hog, No. 2; Little Wolf, No. 3; Col. Oelrich, No. 4; Interpreter, No. 5 1 photographic print. | Three Cheyenne men wearing ceremonial clothing and holding rifles, greeting a Euro-American man in a suit and his interpreter in front of a building.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingGen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan 16, 1891 1 photographic print. | Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingIndian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. ... 1 photographic print. | Group of Euro-American and Lakota (Brulé, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two rows in front of tipis; men in front are holding a NY World pennant which is obscured by captioned names of the sitters.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingIndian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. ... 1 photographic print. | Group of Euro-American and Lakota (Brulé, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two rows in front of tipis; men in front are holding a NY World pennant.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingIndian chiefs and U.S. officials [at Pine Ridge, S.D.] 1 photographic print ; 27.5 x 34.1 cm. (mount) | Group of Euro-American and Lakota (Brulé, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two rows in front of tipis.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingCapt. Taylor and 70 Indian scouts 1 photographic print. | Long row of military men and Lakota scouts on horseback in front of tipi camp--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, DrawingTasunka, (alias Plenty Horse[s]). The slayer of Lieut. Casey, near Pine Ridge, S.D. 1 photographic print. | Plenty Horses, Oglala man, and two U.S. soldiers standing in front of a cannon in a military camp.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1891
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Photo, Print, Drawing"Roping and changing." Changing horses on round up 1 photographic print. | Rear view of herd of horses roped in by cowboys.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1890
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Photo, Print, DrawingMess scene on "round up" 1 photographic print. | Cowboys eating near chuck wagon; small groups of horses and cattle in campsite.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingRound-up at Moss Agate of T. 999 A.S. & G., A.U.T. and others 1 photographic print. | Cowboys herding cattle; three additional herds in background.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoping and changing scene at --T Camp on round up of --T. 999 --S. & G., A.U.T. and others on Cheyenne River 1 photographic print. | Rear view of three cowboys roping a herd of horses.
- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
