Laton A. Huffman; He Captured the Vanishing West Before It Vanished Author: Clark, Neil M. Place: Publisher: The American Magazine Date: February 1927 Description: 6 pp. Illustrations. (8vo) 11¾x8½", gray Brodart pamphlet binder, paper label on front cover. First Edition. Laton A. Huffman was born on October 31, 1854 on the family farm near Castalia, Iowa. In the spring of 1878, he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota to apprentice with Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) who received acclaim as the official photographer of Yellowstone National Park. Huffman was hired in 1879 as the official photographer of Fort Keogh, near Miles City to replace Stanley J. Morrow (1843-1921). Morrow was one of the first to extensively photograph the Custer Battlefield. By 1883, Huffman was a well-known and respected regional photographer when he published his newest catalogue titled Huffman’s Latest Yellowstone Park Views, Indian Portraits, Miscellaneous Mountain Views and the Only Choice Hunting Scenes Published. The catalog listed 160 subjects taken from more than 300 negatives that he had acquired. Huffman’s photographs caught the eye of many famous painters including Frederic Remington Charles M. Russell, and Ed Borein. Both Theodore Roosevelt and Frederick Remington visited with Huffman in Miles City when they passed through town. It is worth comparing Russell’s artistic expression with the early photographers such as Huffman. Russell, the romantic, presented an idealized West in full color filled with noble Indians and heroic cowboys living harmoniously under the “Big Sky.” On the other hand, the early photographer’s most important works were recorded within the first few years after they arrived out West. Neil McCullough Clark was born in Croton, Ohio in December 1890. After graduating from Harvard University in 1912, he moved to Chicago to work for A. W. Shaw company as editor of System Magazine. In October 1913, he married Pearl Himmelman. In 1921, he left the company to become a successful free-lance writer. During most of his years as a free-lance writer he and his family lived in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. He is the editor and author of several books on the American West and over the years has contributed more than 700 articles on a wide variety of subjects to some 65 journals and magazines. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 317159
Laton A. Huffman; He Captured the Vanishing West Before It Vanished Author: Clark, Neil M. Place: Publisher: The American Magazine Date: February 1927 Description: 6 pp. Illustrations. (8vo) 11¾x8½", gray Brodart pamphlet binder, paper label on front cover. First Edition. Laton A. Huffman was born on October 31, 1854 on the family farm near Castalia, Iowa. In the spring of 1878, he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota to apprentice with Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) who received acclaim as the official photographer of Yellowstone National Park. Huffman was hired in 1879 as the official photographer of Fort Keogh, near Miles City to replace Stanley J. Morrow (1843-1921). Morrow was one of the first to extensively photograph the Custer Battlefield. By 1883, Huffman was a well-known and respected regional photographer when he published his newest catalogue titled Huffman’s Latest Yellowstone Park Views, Indian Portraits, Miscellaneous Mountain Views and the Only Choice Hunting Scenes Published. The catalog listed 160 subjects taken from more than 300 negatives that he had acquired. Huffman’s photographs caught the eye of many famous painters including Frederic Remington Charles M. Russell, and Ed Borein. Both Theodore Roosevelt and Frederick Remington visited with Huffman in Miles City when they passed through town. It is worth comparing Russell’s artistic expression with the early photographers such as Huffman. Russell, the romantic, presented an idealized West in full color filled with noble Indians and heroic cowboys living harmoniously under the “Big Sky.” On the other hand, the early photographer’s most important works were recorded within the first few years after they arrived out West. Neil McCullough Clark was born in Croton, Ohio in December 1890. After graduating from Harvard University in 1912, he moved to Chicago to work for A. W. Shaw company as editor of System Magazine. In October 1913, he married Pearl Himmelman. In 1921, he left the company to become a successful free-lance writer. During most of his years as a free-lance writer he and his family lived in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. He is the editor and author of several books on the American West and over the years has contributed more than 700 articles on a wide variety of subjects to some 65 journals and magazines. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 317159
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