Featured in this lot is this David F. Barry photo of Officer's Row at Fort Lincoln taken circa 1873, from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt (showing George Armstrong Custer's home). David Francis Barry (1854-1934) was one of the most noted photographers of the American Indian and U.S. Army participants in the Sioux War of 1876 and is attributed with some of the most recognizable surviving images from this period in the history of the American West. Barry first came to the west in the 1870’s to apprentice under photographer O.S. Goff, who worked as the photographer at Fort Abraham Lincoln. It was from this post the Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led his Seventh U.S. Cavalry division in May 1876 to the battle of the Little Bighorn in southwestern Montana. This is considered one of the largest collection of Barry photographs from one historic Montana family offered for public sale. This photo shows a snowy scene at Fort Lincoln in 1873. In the distance in the middle of the road, a horse drawn buggy can be seen next to a man standing in the road. The photo is blind stamped in the bottom center reading, "Barry". Fort Lincoln's Officers' Row, located in North Dakota's historic Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, has a rich history rooted in frontier military life in the late nineteenth century. The row was initially designed to house the commissioned officers and their families stationed at the fort, which was created in 1872 as a military installation to protect residents and oversee the expansion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The fort served as a base of operations for Custer and the 7th Cavalry prior to their disastrous excursion to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The photo is matted once with decorative, gray matting paper. Two museum tags are present, the first reads, "1396-87 O'Dell" while the second reads, "Officer's Row Ft. Lincoln" on the back. Included with the photo is a photo copied (from original) correspondence letter between David Francis Barry and John Kleinschmidt talking about how Barry has received Kleinschmidt's letter and his check. Barry talks about photos he has such as, Sitting Bull's mute son, a photo of Gall and the Benteen photo in this lot. He also mentions discrepancies in an article in the McLaughlin Paper. Finally, he talks about another photographer by the of Fisk, who he does not like. The photo shows good condition overall with no damage or wear present. The visible photo measures 5" L x 9 1/4" W, while the entire piece measures 8 3/4" L x 12 5/8" W x 5/8" D. It weighs 14 ounces. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit.