Raynors HCA 2016-10
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Color Print, "Picture Lessons in Natural History. The American Bison", 27-1/2” x 24-1/2” in modern frame, c1880. The striking image has a large bison in the foreground, the herd in the background. There is a small inset “Skull of the Bison.” VG. An estimated 20 to 30 million bison once dominated the North American landscape from the Appalachians to the Rockies, from the Gulf Coast to Alaska. Habitat loss and unregulated shooting reduced the population to just 1,091 by 1889. Today, approximately 500,000 bison live across North America.
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