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Lot 989
Sale 2067 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Nov 6, 2024
Lots Close
Nov 20, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$1,207
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 41 RPPCs of rodeos, cowboys, and cowgirls.
The lot includes the following: 41 real photo postcards, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., or smaller, most unused, showing outdoor views of cowboys and cowgirls in action, rodeos, various images of Round-Ups, most notably the Cheyenne Frontier Days, and camp scenes. Many of the views are identified in the negative.
Highlighted titles/scenes include: "Mildred Douglas, World Champion Lady Bronco Buster." -- "Lucille Muhall Burnett, Roping Steer, Wichita Falls, Tex.," by Doubleday. -- "Bonnie McCarroll thrown from 'Silver,' Pendleton, Oreg.," copyrighted by W.S. Bowman. -- "Four of the Greatest Lady Riders in the World," copyrighted 1909 by Martin. -- "Olive Stokes Roping and Tieing [sic] a Steer, Dewey, Okla." -- "Cowgirls at Roundup, Clayton, N.M.," including Bonnie Carrol and Dorothy Morrell. -- A group of 7 cowgirls, including Irene Hapley, Fox Hastings, Rose Smith, Ruth Roach, Mable Strickland, Prairie Rose, and Dorothy Morell, by Doubleday. -- "Leonard Stroud wins the Championship of the World in Bronco Busting Contest, Cheyenne Frontier Days," copyrighted 1918. -- "Tom Mix Bulldogging a Steer," Dewey, OK, by Griggs. -- "The Early West - Cowboy and Daughter," copyrighted 1909 by Martin. -- "Cowboys at Rest near Kingman, Ks." -- "Crossing the Great American Desert near Dodge City, Kans.," copyrighted 1909 by Martin. -- "Wild Horse Race Tri-State Round-Up Belle Fourche." -- "Sharkey, The Famous Bucking Bull." -- "Indian Riding the Buffalo, Miles City Roundup, 1915," by Schlichting. -- "Pancho Villa tossed by Braman Bull, E (?) Ranch Rodeo," by Doubleday. -- "Charlie Johnson thrown from Wild Steer," copyrighted 1923 by Doubleday. -- UCV Reunion at Camp Shaver, Little Rock, 1911, showing hot-air balloon identified as "Arizona."
Views taken in Cody, Nebraska, include: "Fred Pourier Roping a Calf, Cody, Nebr." -- "Acorn Adams on Bad Whiskey." -- Bill Wilkinson. -- "Dave Longnecker Riding a Wild One." -- Bernard La Boe Riding a Bronc." -- "Bill Till Steer Riding." -- Ben Colm on Cyclone." -- "Ernie Arnold on Hip Shot." -- "Al Johnson the Clown Riding a Wild Cow." -- "Ernie Asold Bulldogging a Steer." -- "Dave Longnecker Riding a Wild Cow." -- Hershell Bartholomew on Iky Blue." -- "Ted Woodrum off a Wild Cow."
Together, 41 real photo postcards. Condition generally good to very good. Some with edge and corner wear, and toning.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.




