Hand colored photograph of Mr. Bond's Indian School, located north of Hardin, Montana, ca 1900. Because of the time period and location, this may be a photograph by L.A. Huffman, although this is unconfirmed. 11 x 15.375 in. Also referred to as Bond Indian School, Rev. Mr. Bond's Indian School, and the Montana Industrial School, the namesake was Harvard-educated Unitarian minister Henry Frederick Bond (1820-1907). Although from a very wealthy Boston family and with no need to work, Bond had accepted an appointment as a U.S. Indian Agent at Los Pinos, CO, in 1874 and dedicated himself to the education of the Utes for several years. When the American Unitarian Association sought to open an Indian school on the Crow Reservation in Montana, the 67-year-old minister left the comfort of his retreat at Nantucket to become the superintendent of the remote outpost, which was not far from the battlefield at Little Bighorn. Bond's Unitarian and high society connections ensured ample funding for the school until it was annexed by the U.S. government around the turn of the century. Condition: Light soiling and minor stains, mostly confined to the margins and in the sky at center. Light 2.5 in. diagonal crease in sky at center.
Hand colored photograph of Mr. Bond's Indian School, located north of Hardin, Montana, ca 1900. Because of the time period and location, this may be a photograph by L.A. Huffman, although this is unconfirmed. 11 x 15.375 in. Also referred to as Bond Indian School, Rev. Mr. Bond's Indian School, and the Montana Industrial School, the namesake was Harvard-educated Unitarian minister Henry Frederick Bond (1820-1907). Although from a very wealthy Boston family and with no need to work, Bond had accepted an appointment as a U.S. Indian Agent at Los Pinos, CO, in 1874 and dedicated himself to the education of the Utes for several years. When the American Unitarian Association sought to open an Indian school on the Crow Reservation in Montana, the 67-year-old minister left the comfort of his retreat at Nantucket to become the superintendent of the remote outpost, which was not far from the battlefield at Little Bighorn. Bond's Unitarian and high society connections ensured ample funding for the school until it was annexed by the U.S. government around the turn of the century. Condition: Light soiling and minor stains, mostly confined to the margins and in the sky at center. Light 2.5 in. diagonal crease in sky at center.
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