This collection contains a selection of images taken Elsa Spear Byron during the Crow Fair from 1911 to the 1950s. Called "Baasaxpilue" which means "to make much noise," it is the largest and most spectacular of Indian celebrations in the Northern Plains.

A traveling exhibition featuring the collection was produced by the Photo Archive in 1985 entitled "Crow Celebrations."

Biography of Elsa Spear Byron

A Selection of E.S. Byron Collection Holdings: (Click on the catalog number to view a higher resolution image)

Sundance, Black Lodge District
1951, Crow Reservation, MT
85.13.03

The Parade, Crow Fair
1924, Lodgegrass, MT
85.13.24

Myrtle Pretty Coups
1924, Lodgegrass, MT
85.13.33

Crow Man preparing
for sham battle
1912, Crow Agency, MT
85.13.02

Crow Woman
1924, Crow Agency, MT
85.13.31

Margaret Yellowtail
1936, Crow Reservation, MT
85.13.38

Brady Locks, Little Wolf,
Black Crane, and Big Beaver
ca. 1926, Crow Agency, MT
85.13.52

Medicine Wheel
1932, Big Horn Mountains, WY
85.13.62

Crow Fair
ca. 1926, Crow Agency, MT
85.13.64

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Photo Archive
Museum of the Rockies
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Bozeman, MT 59717-2730

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