Buffalo hunt in the wild west – Vintage 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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Buffalo hunt in the wild west
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Titled *Buffalo Hunt in the Wild West*, this chromolithograph dates to about 1897 and shows American Indians pursuing bison as a means of subsistence on the Plains. It was issued by Muller, Luchsinger & Co. of New York, a firm that produced inexpensive color prints for a broad popular market. By the 1890s, decades of commercial hunting had reduced the great bison herds to a small fraction of their former size, so the scene looks back on a way of life already vanishing. Its bright colors and dramatic action reflect how eagerly audiences of the period consumed images of the frontier as a memory.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Muller, Luchsinger & Co., New York. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1890-1900. Bison hunting--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,505 × 2,770 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222388 |
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