Featured in this lot is this publication collection for "Noted Indians" portfolio by David F. Barry born in 1854 and died in 1934; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. There are four publications in this collection and they coincide with the photograph although it is just the written publications. The photographs they go with include: Chief Good Horse The Young War Chief - Steps Chief Joseph's Brother - Chief Thunder Hawk - Chief Harry-Chin. The condition of this collection of publications of Noted Indians by D.F. Barry is well preserved with some browning to the pages consistent with the publication. The measurements of this collection of publications ranges from 9 1/8" x 5" to 6" x 6". The collective weight of this collection is U4oz.
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.