Laton Alton Huffman

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Huffman ca. 1880. L. A. Huffman ca. 1880.jpg
Huffman ca. 1880.
Sweat lodge, Sioux Village by Huffman, taken between 1896 and 1905. This photograph is one half of a stereograph. SweatLodge.jpg
Sweat lodge, Sioux Village by Huffman, taken between 1896 and 1905. This photograph is one half of a stereograph.
Thanksgiving 1881 E.H.M.C. stereograph by Huffman, taken between 1870 and 1920 Thanksgiving 1881 E.H.M.C, by Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931.jpg
Thanksgiving 1881 E.H.M.C. stereograph by Huffman, taken between 1870 and 1920

Laton Alton Huffman (October 31, 1854 – February 28, 1931) was an American photographer [1] of Frontier and Native American life. Born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, he spent most of his life photographing the area around his Montana home. Having initially worked at Fort Keogh, he started to sell prints of his glass plate negatives. [2] In 1976, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Laton Alton Huffman". J. Paul Getty Museum . Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. "Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931". University of Virginia Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  3. "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  4. "Laton Alton Huffman". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  5. "Laton Alton Huffman" . Retrieved 2019-02-08.

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