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Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
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Chuck Wagon and Supper at Roundup

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Description: A chuck wagon and supper at a cowboy roundup. A group of men sit around a fire.
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Cowboys at Indian Ranch House

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Description: Cowboys come in for dinner at an Indian Territory ranch house. Their horses wait near trees.
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Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
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Lincoln School "Ranch Hands"

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Third graders at Lincoln School as Bar-None ranch hands singing and square dancing around a "campfire" in the gymnasium. Four couples, boys dressed as cowb...
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Montana Cowboys

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Description: View of cowboys loading the chuck wagon on the range in Montana. Caption reads: "Loading the 'Chuck' Wagon."
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Oklahoma Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of several cowboys on horseback on a range. A large number of cattle can be seen nearby. Caption reads: "A Cattle Scene Near Tulsa."
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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...
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Cowboy Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Members of the U.S. Remount Service, all former cowboys, in training at Camp Lewis.
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George E. Thompson, as a Cowboy

Date: 1905
Description: George E. Thompson, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a cowboy. Pictured riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat. Part of a ye...
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The Cowboy

Date: 1946
Description: Front of a postcard from Dr. Rolland Anderson to Floyd Quinney and his family depicting mounted cowboys herding cattle on the range. The sky above the sc...
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Inspecting the Brand of a Cow

Date: 1908
Description: Ranch hands inspecting the brand on a cow. Another man has the cow roped by its neck. Other ranch hands are in the middle ground, along with the herd of ca...
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Branding Cattle on the Prairie

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Description: A group of ranch hands brand cattle. Two cows are being branded in the foreground, and three men are with the cow on the left. Four men are grouped around ...
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Branding Steer

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Description: A view of ranch hands branding a steer in a fenced enclosure. One man has roped the steer by the back legs; another man has roped the front and another ma...
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Dinner at the Chuckwagon

Date: 1908
Description: View across field toward ranch hands having dinner at the chuckwagon. A dozen or so men are sitting on the ground, while a few other ranch hands mind the c...
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Cowboys Eating Dinner on the Prairie

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Description: Four ranch hands sitting and standing on the left. In the background two men walk near horses.
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Eating Near the Chuck Wagon

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Description: A dozen or so ranch hands sitting on the ground and eating on the plain. The chuckwagon is behind them. A large coffee pot and a bucket of rolls is on the ...
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"Dad Hickman," Oldest Cowboy on the Range

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Dad Hickman who is sitting on a horse in a field. Hickman is looking at the camera and is wearing a plaid shirt. He has a rope coiled ...
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Cowboy on a Personalized Postcard

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Description: Postcard of a portrait of a cowboy, with a super-imposed pennant that reads: "Yours Truly ~" with a blank line underneath. The man is wearing a hat, shirt ...
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A Postcard of Riding Cowboys

Date: 1913
Description: A postcard for Cheyenne, Wyoming. The central image is a large group of cowboys riding and holding their hats up among the letters of the word "Cheyenne." ...

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