A horizontal sepia-toned photograph from the late nineteenth century depicts a group of approximately fifteen people gathered in an open, snowy field. One man stands prominently in the left foreground, turned slightly away from the camera, wearing a long, light-colored winter coat and a dark cap. Behind him and to the right, the rest of the group is arranged in two loose rows; several individuals are seated on the ground while others stand. They are dressed in heavy, dark winter garments including coats, hats, and boots. Some members of the group hold long, thin wooden poles or rifles held vertically. The ground is a flat, expansive surface of white snow that meets a distant, hazy tree line under a pale, overcast sky. Below the photograph, a horizontal color calibration target with colored squares and a grayscale step wedge is visible, included for archival digitization.
