T.J. Hileman photograph of Joe Butterfly ART! signed and illustrated

Description: (Blackfoot) Joe Butterfly circa 1940T.J. Hileman photographer 5 3/8" x 3 3/8"c. 1930 This photograph has everything one could want. The young child, Joe Butterfly is wearing some amazing regalia and sitting on a priceless painted hide. The written name and drawn butterfly make this a must-have for any collection public or private. T.J. Hileman was an American photographer born in Manor Township, Armstrong County Pennsylvania, who is renowned for his photos of Glacier Park in Montana, and Blackfoot people. After working a while in Chicago and graduating from Effingham School of Photography there, he moved to Colorado and began to take photographs.In1911, Hileman moved to Kalispell, Montana to open his own portrait studio. He and Alice Georgeson were the first couple to marry in Glacier National Park in1913. Appointed the official photographer for the Great Northern Railway.In1924, Hileman took photos of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, moving bulky camera equipment by packhorse, even at times perching on a narrow ledge to get just the right image on film. He also photographed the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton, Alberta, which was built by the railway.In1926, Hileman opened photo-finishing labs in both Glacier Park Lodge and Many Glacier Hotel, which were convenient for tourists who could drop off their film in the evenings and pick up their prints the next morning.In1985, the Glacier Natural History Association purchased more than a thousand of Hileman’s nitrate negatives, which were added to the collection of Hileman’s albums which already contained more than 2,000 prints. Some 107 of these photos were purchased by the Glenbow Museum in Canada, where they comprise part of their collection relating to Blackfoot history.

Price: 75 USD

Location: Decatur, Texas

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