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Walter Winans with gun and dead buffalo – Vintage Wall Art

Walter Winans with gun and dead buffalo, n/a — historic photograph
Walter Winans with gun and dead buffalo, n/a. Historic photograph from the Buffalo collection.

(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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This historic photograph of Walter Winans with gun and dead buffalo brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Walter Winans with gun and dead buffalo

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Here the marksman Walter Winans poses with a rifle beside a dead buffalo, a trophy-style pattern common in big-game photographs of his era. Winans, an American-born shooter who spent much of his life in England, was known for competitive marksmanship and won Olympic gold in 1908. By the late 1800s, bison had been hunted nearly to extinction in North America, so a picture like this also records that decline. The title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the date and location remain unconfirmed.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan4,266 × 5,816 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-16104

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