For your consideration is a Rare 1885 D. F. Barry Albumen Photograph of Curly, Crow Scout for Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Calvary, one of the few survivors on the U. S. Army side at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, "Custer's Last Stand". 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. An attached museum tag reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". 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 collections of Barry photographs from one historic Montana family offered for public sale. Ashishishe (c. 1856 – 1923), known as Curly (or Curley) and Bull Half White, was a Crow scout in the US Army during the Sioux Wars, best known for having been one of the few survivors on the United States side at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and was the first to report the defeat of the 7th Cavalry Regiment. The photograph is in amazing preserved condition, crazing is exhibited throughout, mounted in a black coloured wood frame and sits behind glass to protect its already preserved condition. Written at the center bottom is, "Curly" Crow Scout with Custe, and is also on an embossed label on the reverse of the frame. The visible art measures 7.5"W x 9.5"L, frame is 9" W x 11" L x .5" D. Weight is 14oz.