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). 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. 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 catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Provenance: From the ex-C.M. Russell Museum Great Falls, Montana and John Kleinschmidt collections / O’Dell collections. The original C.M. Russell Museum tag is still present (the same tag from all of the museum displayed items) marked “1396-87 O’DELL”. 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. Catherine A. O'Dell. An attached museum tag reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". This was on display at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. Included as additional provenance is the copy of a letter from Barry to Kleinschmidt addressing the photo of Custer, a photo of Chief John Grass (Charging Bear) chief of the Sihasapa band of Lakota and also mentioning being reunited with the "old Indians" at presumably Standing Rock Reservation. 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. The photo is blind stamped in the bottom right corner reading, "BARRY", as well as on the matboard left border, "BARRY". Reverse of matboard mounting Barry's studio label, "D. F. BARRY PHOTOGRAPHER Photographs of All Noted Indian Chiefs 1312 Tower Ave. Superior, Wis." Top left corner features Kleinschmidt's handwritten signature. Additionally the title of the photograph is handwritten in pencil next to the signature, "Gen'l. Custers' Home at Fort Lincoln, Dak. Little Joe Dietrich Standing outside." The museum tag is present and reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". Included as additional provenance is a copy (from original) correspondence letter between David Francis Barry and John Kleinschmidt addressing the photo of Custer, a photo of Chief John Grass (Charging Bear) chief of the Sihasapa band of Lakota and also mentioning being reunited with the "old Indians" presumably at Standing Rock Reservation. The photo shows good condition overall, age tanning and surface grazing. The visible photo measures 6"L x 8"W, while the entire piece measures 10"W x 12"L, weight U6. 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.