Blackfeet Indians of Glacier National Park by Linderman, Frank Bird; Winold Reiss - 1947

St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railroad, 1947. First Edition. Oblong small 4to. 12 pp pamphlet by Frank Bird Linderman titled "Out of the North: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe" along with biographical sketches of Reiss and Linderman; 24 color reproductions of noted American artist Winold Reiss' glorious paintings of the Blackfeet Indians, done in brilliant primary colors. Housed in publisher's illustrated envelope. A fine set, as new; the nicest we have seen! F. Winold Reiss (1886 - 1953) was a German-born American artist and graphic designer. In 1920 he travelled to the American West for the first time, working for a lengthy period on the Blackfeet Reservation. Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans. These paintings by Reiss became known more widely beginning in the 1920 and to the 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway commissioned Reiss to do paintings of the Blackfeet which were then distributed widely as lithographed reproductions on Great Northern calendars.