DAUGHTER of Iron Horse

DAUGHTER of Iron Horse (likely Beth), 1905. The girl’s dress, decorated with elk ivories, and the horse’s stunning hand-crafted regalia were preserved on an 8x10 inch glass plate negative by Richard Throssel. At the right was a decorative jingler with 13 spoons. PC users can click image to better see detail.

Throssel made the photograph while living on the Crow Reservation, southeast of Billings, Montana. Since Throssel often used smaller sizes, the large glass plate showed that he attached importance to the view. Motion of the horse’s head and the camera’s slow shutter blurred the reins near the bit. -Gary Coffrin