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Sat, Aug 25, 2018 12:00PM EDT
Lot 305

Original Schlechten Photograph of Gallatin River

Estimate: $75 - $250

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For your consideration, from the Bud Chapman collection, is this original framed Albert Schlechten photograph of the Gallatin Canyon looking north toward Castle Rock. A paper from the Schlechten Studio, dated 1/19/79, dates the photograph to 1908. It further states that the photograph is a "contact print from the original glass plate negative". Posed in the lower left corner of the photograph is a man driving a team of horses. The man is identified as the photographer's brother, Alfred, who was also a photographer in Bozeman. The brothers were originally from Switzerland; they opened a photography studio in Bozeman in 1900. The Schlechten brothers were noted for their photographs of Gallatin County, Bozeman, and Yellowstone National Park. This photograph, taken 100 years ago, is an intriguing window into a quieter past of the now familiar and heavily travelled Gallatin Canyon. On a side note, the paper on the back of the framed composition has Schlechten misspelled as "Schlecten". The framed print shows great condition; it measures 15 3/4" x 13 3/4".

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