Montana

Historical maps, prints, and photographic views of Montana.

Archival Category: State Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 3 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS TO THE ASSINIBOINS.
Cartographer / Artist: John Mix Stanley (artist), Julius Bien (lithographer)
Date: c. 1855–1860
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 inches
Location: Fort Union, Montana, United States
Depicting an important diplomatic moment on the Northern Plains, this lithograph after artist John Mix Stanley illustrates the distribution of treaty annuity goods to a large encampment of Assiniboine people during Isaac Stevens' Pacific Railroad Survey along the 47th and 49th parallels.
The Buffalo Hunt No. 26
Cartographer / Artist: Charles M. Russell (1864–1926)
Date: 1899 (c. 1960s reproduction)
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 9.1 x 11.0 inches
Location: Montana, United States
This fine art reproduction depicts Charles M. Russell's dynamic 1899 painting of Native American hunters on horseback pursuing a stampeding herd of bison across the Northern Great Plains.
Lost In a Snowstorm — We Are Friends
Cartographer / Artist: Charles M. Russell
Date: 1888 (c. 1970 reproduction)
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 11.0 x 11.0 inches
Location: Montana, United States
Created in 1888, Charles M. Russell's evocative Western painting depicts a peaceful encounter between mounted Native Americans navigating a blinding winter blizzard on the Northern Plains.