Photographs taken by H. R. Locke and printed by H. R. Locke and Company, Locke and McBride, or Locke and Peterson of stops along the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, circa 1892-1896. Included are views of Deadwood, Lead City, Englewood, Needle Points in Custer Park, Horseshoe Curve near Custer, Spearfish Canyon, Bald Mountain, Knife Blade on Needle Rock in Elk Canyon, Harney's Peak (Black Elk Peak) in Black Hills, the Deadwood and Delaware Smelting Works and Homestake mines, and a photograph of I. V. Carlton, R. M. Welch, and D. A. Haggard "just back from work". Views in Wyoming show the Devil's Tower above the Belle Fourche River and Cambria; a view in Montana shows the Crow Agency. Advertisements on several of the versos are for "Easy to Reach Deadwood"; 2 photographs are stamped "J. T. Gillmore, Deadwood, South Dakota". A label affixed to a verso advertises E. F. King, Black Hills Jeweler
Description:
Henry Robinson Locke (1856-1927), photographer, ran a studio in Deadwood, South Dakota. Locke photographed the Black Hills area, Deadwood, Crow people, miners, and railroads., Captions in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date from captions.
Subject (Geographic):
Montana., Black Elk Peak (S.D.), Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Cambria (Wyo.), Crow Agency (Mont.), Custer State Park (S.D.), Deadwood (S.D.), Lead (S.D.), South Dakota, and Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Carlton, I. V., Gillmore, J. T., Haggard, D. A., Locke, H. R., Welch, R. M., Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, Delaware Smelting (Deadwood, S.D.), H. R. Locke and Co., Homestake Gold Stamping Mill (Lead City, S.D.), Locke and McBride., and Locke and Peterson.
