Featured in this lot is this "Long Dog" cabinet card by American photographer David F. Barry born in 1854 and died in 1934; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. The cabinet card features a wonderfully and professionally crafted original construction that shows a portrait of Long Dog. Long Dog was a Hunkpapa who went to live in the Wood Mountain area of Saskatchewan after LBH & later surrendered to US military authorities with Crow King's band at Ft. Buford. The photos of him at the Glenbow archives show an older looking man. There are a couple of photographs at Glenbow which show Long Dog holding a three-bladed war club, which is now on display at the RCMP Museum in Regina. Stanley Vestal spoke of a man named Long Dog who fought at the battle of Kildeer Mountain, and C. Frank Turner mentions him in his book "Across the Medicine Line". In the caption for the photo in his book, Turner wrote: "Long Dog, a scarred and battered veteran of the wars and sun-dance tortures. A legend among the young men because of the infinite durability of his battle-protective charms, and clear-sighted visions, he was also known as a practical joker and comic". He was said to be over 100 years old. The cabinet card is marked on the front as follows: Long Dog - Said to be over 100 years old (hand written) - D.F. Barry - West Superior, Wis. The back is marked with the company stamp of D.F. Barry and reads as follows: Chief Gall - D.F. Barry, - Photographer, West Superior - Wis. - Photographs of all the noted Indians, - Catalogues Mailed on Application. 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. The condition of this D. F. Barry cabinet card is well preserved with some wear and shows some spots to the back of the cabinet card but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this cabinet card 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". The collective weight of this cabinet card 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.