Slaughtered for the Hide – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Slaughtered for the Hide. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Slaughtered for the Hide
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Few engravings of the period name the bison trade as bluntly as this one, whose title, *Slaughtered for the Hide*, leaves little doubt about its subject. It appeared in *Harper's Weekly* in December 1874, when commercial hunters were killing bison on the southern Plains for their hides, which were shipped east and sold as robes and leather. Hunts of this kind often left the carcasses where they fell, with only the hides taken, and the scene reflects that wasteful trade. The caption details on the record are unverified, so it is best read as an illustration of the period's hunting rather than a documented single event.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 Dec. 12, v. 18, no. 937. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: West--Hunting...; Bison hunting by white men; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,014 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131664 |
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