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A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.

Kurt Markus
Ranch, Twscardra, NV
gelatin silver print on paper
19 1/4 in x 15 in (48.9 cm x 38.1 cm)
Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider

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Elliott Erwitt
Ranch Boy with Father, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( 40.7 cm x 50.7 cm )
Gift of Gerald Lotenberg

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Laton Alton Huffman
Cutting Out a Steer
colotype print on paper
6 15/16 in. x 12 in. ( 17.6 cm x 30.5 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Laton Alton Huffman
San Flats Round-up, Eight Cuts in Sight
colotype print on paper
9 1/16 in. x 22 5/16 in. ( 23 cm x 56.7 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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A bovine carcass lies on the ground. A man in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat stands behind it, facing the viewer and gesturing towards the deceased animal.

Bernard Steffen
Starvation
lithograph on paper
8 ⅛ in x 14 ½ in (20.64 cm x 36.83 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

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Laton Alton Huffman
Saddling the Wild Horse
colotype print on paper
9 15/16 in. x 7 15/16 in. ( 25.2 cm x 20.2 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Laton Alton Huffman
Horse Round-up, Lame Deer Hills
colotype print on paper
8 3/4 in. x 18 3/4 in. ( 22.2 cm x 47.7 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Walter E. Bohl
Breaking Trail
etching on paper
7 3/8 x 9.9 in. (18.73 x 25.24 cm);14 x 19 in. (35.56 x 48.26 cm);9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (24.61 x 32.07 cm)
Bequest of Carl F. Clarke

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Laton Alton Huffman
Hot Sheep in Powder River Badlands
colotype print on paper
7 15/16 in. x 9 15/16 in. ( 20.2 cm x 25.2 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Laton Alton Huffman
Throwing Rangers to the Round-up
colotype print on paper
9 15/16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( 25.3 cm x 50.6 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Laton Alton Huffman
After the Chase, North Montana
colotype print on paper
9 15/16 in. x 7 7/8 in. ( 25.3 cm x 20 cm )
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fauman

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Laton Alton Huffman
The Hat X Camp, General Round-up
colotype print on paper
9 13/16 in. x 22 7/16 in. ( 25 cm x 57 cm )
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Fauman

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41 Collection Object Sources

Ranch, Twscardra, NV (2011/2.9)

Ranch Boy with Father, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs" (1981/2.194.8)

Cutting Out a Steer (1983/2.53)

San Flats Round-up, Eight Cuts in Sight (1983/2.67)

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Saddling the Wild Horse (1983/2.62)

Horse Round-up, Lame Deer Hills (1983/2.74)

Breaking Trail (1954/1.89)

Hot Sheep in Powder River Badlands (1983/2.60)

Throwing Rangers to the Round-up (1983/2.66)

After the Chase, North Montana (1983/2.69)

The Hat X Camp, General Round-up (1983/2.64)

After the Buffalo Run, North Montana (1983/2.70)

Fort Worth, Texas (1981/2.65.13)

Evening at the Round-up: Big Pumpkin Creek (1983/2.63)

Hunter's Camp (1987/1.215)

The Round-up Breaking Camp (1983/2.65)

'Jerkline Twelve' on the Old Freight Road (1983/2.68)

Bisontennial (1981/2.29)

Buffalo Grazing in the Big Open, North Montana (1983/2.72)

A Buffalo Family (1983/2.71)

Buffalo Grazing in the Big Open, North Montana (1983/2.73)

A Killing of Elk (1983/2.54)

Elk (1955/1.138)

A Killing of Elk (1983/2.75)

Buffalo Around Geyser (2004/2.128)

Old Buffalo Hunter's Camp (1987/1.212)

Sheep Pastures (1978/2.45)

Sheep After the April Blizzard (1983/2.57)

Sheep on Winter Range, Breakds of Yellowstone (1983/2.58)

Trailing Sheep, Powder River Badlands (1983/2.61)

Untitled (View of Flock of Sheep and River) (1987/1.211)

Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (1985/1.91)

The Lambing Camp, Powder River (1983/2.59)

Canyon de Chelly (1999/1.96)

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Reclining Stag (1955/1.139)

Wild Goats, Hell Creek Badlands (1983/2.56)

Wild Bill (1948/1.63)

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Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: "William F. Cody or Buffalo Bill" (2010/1.169.51)

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