Curley, General Custer's Scout

David Francis Barry was an American photographer active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known for his documentation of the Pacific Northwest and portraits of Native American subjects. Based in Tacoma, Washington, his work comprises both commercial studio portraiture and ethnographic photography that captured the region's indigenous peoples and landscape during a period of rapid colonial expansion. Barry's photographs remain significant historical documents of the era, though his practice reflected the conventions and limitations of his time.