Matteson, Sumner W.

'Ten horse freighter outfit in Montana'

Milwaukee, WI: Goeldner Studio, (c.1910). Albumen photograph [13 cm x 17.5 cm] / [5" x 7"] unmounted. Manuscript title on the back in Matteson's hand with photographer stamps. Item #7567

A view of a team of horses pulling a large wagon with a second team and wagon behind in the distance. A former bicycle salesman, who picked up a camera, Sumner W. Matteson (1867-1920) spent the first decade of the twentieth century crisscrossing North America taking photographs. Primarily a photojournalist, Matteson charmed his way into other people's work places and social celebrations. He produced some of the earliest photographic essays on the changing American West.

Price: $175.00