Name/Title
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteEntry/Object ID
2017.1216.9.10Description
16 black and white photos of trailing sheep from Walcott to Nelson Park in the Snowy Range.
A)--8 people are in this photo -- two men sitting in the front, four ladies and one man sitting in the middle and one man standing in the back. The picture takes place in a heavily wooded area, the sitting persons situated on logs. Written on the back: "nelson park."
Dimensions: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4".
B)--7 people are in this photo -- a standing child, a sitting man with a baby on his lap, a sitting elderly man, a sitting woman looking away from the camera, a woman dressed in white sitting on the sheep wagon, and a man in a hat sitting in the immediate foreground. A sheepwagon is directly behind the people in the picture. Further in the bacground is a wooded area. Written on the back: "Sheep wagon on trail from Walcott, WY to Nelson Park in the Snowy Range. The wagons only went part way until the climb became to steep. 21"
Dimensions: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4".
C)--Female and baby in a sheepwagon. The female is sitting and looking at the baby, which is standing next to her. The are both in the doorway of the sheepwagon. In the background is boy on the far left side of the picture. Further in the background is a wooded area. Written on the back: "Sheep wagon on trail from Walcott, WY to Nelson Park in the Snowy Range. 21"
Dimensions: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4".
D)--Photo of a man on a horse with a rope in his hand. In the background is a pitched white tent. In front of the tent are two dogs. The periphery and far background of the photo feature a wooded area. Written on the back: "Nelson Park."
Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
E)--Four men with their horses. One man is sitting on his horse, the other three men are standing next to or in front of theirs. There are three dogs in the foreground. In the far background is a semi-barren land, cleared of trees, behind which are trees in the very distant background. Written on the back: "Nelson Park"
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
F)--Three horses in a forest. In the horse nearest the photographer sits a man with hat. In the background a blur of a man can be seen attemoting to climb on one of the background horses. Written on the back: "Nelson Park."
Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
G)--Photo of cabins amidst a cleared patch of forest and sporadic pines. In the foreground are downed trees that have had their trunks cleared of their branches. In the middle of the background two or three horses are standing in the clearing between cabins. Written on the back: "Nelson Park."
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
H)--Photo of woman in a white shirt standing in an opened cabin door. In the foreground is a wooden handrail. The cabin has a stone chimney next to the porch that the woman is standing in. Written on the back: "Nelson Park
Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
I)--Three men sitting on their horses -- all wearing hats. To the side is another horse with its rider standing to its side. On the right side of the photo is tree with a cabin behind it. Behind the horses is a cleared swath of land, with a forest in the far background. Written on the back: "Nelson Park."
Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
J)--7 people are featured in this photo. Five men are sitting on the ground -- three of whom are holding dogs. Two women are standing behind the men. Everyone is wearing a hat. A tree is behind everyone, behind which is a car. Written on the back: "Nelson Park." Printed on the back: "Aug 31 1933 Bri-Tone Prints Trade Mark Rex. Denver."
Dimensions: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
K)--Two men standing in front of their horses. Two horses and two men are in the focal point of the picture. In the background are three other horses and one man on the right side of the picture in front of a cabin. Written on the back: "Nelson Park."
Dimensions: "4 1/2" x 2 3/4"
L)--Several dozen sheep are picutred in a cleared patch of forest -- pines in the background. Written on the back: "Libby Flat."
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
M)--Man in a hat standing in Libby Flat in front of several dozen sheep -- pines in the far background. Written on the back: "Libby Flat."
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
N)--Photo of Marie Lake. In the background is the mountain with a small glacier stretched out onto the lake. Written on the back: "Marie Lake".
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4'.
O)--Photo of Marie Lake from a trail. Small amounts of ice can be seen stretching out onto the lake. Written on the back: "The trail went to the south side of Marie Lake to Libby Flat."
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
P)--Two men and one other person riding in a sheep wagon being pulled up a trail bordered by trees. Four horses are in the picture -- two pulling the wagon, one standing in front of the wagon, one standing behind the wagon. Written on the back: "Transition on the trail from sheep wagons to supply wagons."
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".Collection
Permanent Collection