Chadron, NE: Northwestern Photographic Co., 1891. 7 3/4 x 6 in. photograph on 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. cardstock mount (toning and some fading to print, staining and occasional spotting to print and mount, chip near lower left corner of print, edge and corner wear to mount incl. slight corner loss). Titled and copyrighted in the negative by the Northwestern Photographic Co., Chadron, NE, 1891. 

George Trager, of nearby Chadron, NE, was the first photographer on the scene after the Wounded Knee debacle, and took a number of photographs in January 1891 as US troops began collecting and burying bodies left on the field. An iconic image from the series of plates he exposed.