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Photographer: L. Selgor . Images of bison in Bialowieska Forest, Poland. Circa 1915. 17 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 13,8 x 9 cm and 9 x 13,8 cm. Most with photographer's blindstamp in lower right/left corner. Each mounted to modern card. These photographs are most likely the last to document the Puszcza Bialowieska and show the only remaining bison population of the area before its eradication. The images are of landscapes and bison herds in the favorite hunting grounds of the Russian Tsars. They were taken in 1915 during the German occupation when many animals were killed. After the retreat of the Germans the last of originally 700 animals fell prey to poachers. The population could only be reintroduced in the 1950s using some of the last bison living in zoos. – Some oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise most in good condition.