The Sampson of the Flatheads

[Shotgun Steve]

N.A. Forsyth, Butte, Montana. The Sampson of the Flatheads.

[Dr. Bob]

Canvass lodge!

[JohnR]

Great photograph.  Is there a date associated with it?

Canvass lodge!

Quite common by 1875 or so.  Earlier in some locales.

[James Hunt]

Hmmm, interesting. Is that a white enamelware basin inside that lodge there? That would be suggestive of a later date, was it not the mid-1880's before they even began making colors beyond grey in this country. I know, there are references to enameled iron pots in the CW but I think those were European and rare. I think Forsyth was taking photos well into the 20th century wasn't he?