cowboy

Cowboy throwing lariat view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51056". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Cowboy camp in Cherry County, Nebraska

Wade Meador, a horse trainer based in Marietta, Oklahoma, trains horse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The cowboy girl

Folk-songs of the West and South : Negro cowboy and Spanish California...

De rocks a-renderin' -- Moanin' dove -- The lone prarie -- The hours of grief -- The black face -- Bird dance song. (Content) Songs 1 and 2 "recorded" by Alice Haskell, 3 by Henry. F. Gilbert, 4-6 by Chas. F. L... More

Nebraska Farmers - Cowboy Dancing Lesson

summary: With this staged photograph S. D. Butcher attempted to illustrate the life of "Dick Milton," Butchers nom du guerre for Nebraska outlaw Doc Middleton. This photograph is paired with RG2608-2156d. In ... More

A group of Texas cowboys

"WHJ 565" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013755. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Second Guard cowboys waking up at night to change guard

Colorado or Utah. Photo by F. M. Steele. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Cowboys.

The moving picture cowboy Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the st...

Motion picture poster for "The moving picture cowboy" shows Tom Mix being bucked off a horse and an inset showing Mix with posssibly the director and fellow actor, and photographer in the background. Color lit... More

Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D....

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cheyenne Indian and son. Tongue River Reservation, Montana

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Water witch and old time cowboy, Pie Town, New Mexico

Cowboy training a broncho. Quarter Circle U, Brewster-Arnold Ranch Com...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Old ranch house now cowboys' quarters at Quarter Circle U, Brewster-Ar...

Michelle Cannon, right, owns and runs the Cannon Quarter Horse Ranch n...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

An expert cowboy snake-handler holds (at a distance) an unhappy, 20-po...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

Cowboy songs, ballads, and cattle calls from Texas, English folk song

Part unaccompanied and part with guitar or fiddle accompaniment. "From the Archive of American Folk Song." Field recordings made at various places in Texas and studio recordings in Washington, D. C. from 1941-... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing cowboys rounding up cattle and portrait of Col. W.F. Cody on horseback. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

The Moving Picture Cowboy Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the st...

Motion picture poster for "The moving picture cowboy" shows advertising motion picture comedy of Tom Mix jumping from horse to railroad car in front of photographer and seated on ground with hand on his head. ... More

"Bucking Bronco." Ned Coy, a famous Dakota cowboy, starts out for the ...

Cowboy on a bucking horse. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.

Motion picture poster for "The bull-dogger" shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, wearing a cowboy hat and with one arm raised as though he were leaning against something... More

The horse wrangler / Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

Photo shows cowboy seated next to his horse on a hill, looking down at other horses. J142525 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

The cow boy [sic], or, Lighting the range fire / Frederic Remington.

Cowboy on horseback. 18449V U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

[Will Roberts, alias Dixon, cowboy train robber, seated on a horse, po...

Photograph mounted on card from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency giving physical description and other information about Roberts. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Records of Pinkerton's National Detective A... More

N.C. Dunlap, ex-cowboy, graduate of Nebraska Agricultural School and f...

summary: Note: Dunlap is dressed to participate in an old settlers day parade. He appeared with horns on his head and the hooves up his sleeves as the only real "cow-boy" at the event. See the reminiscence pu... More

The range rider

Cowboy on horseback. Repro. of photoprint copyrighted by W. Herbert Dunton. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cowboys; Indians; Publ. Ind.

Mrs. Hoover greets the cowboy band of Simmons University, Abilene, Tex...

Mrs. Hoover and man at entrance to the White House with band members. In album: Washington, D.C., June 1927 to May 1929, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 19, no. 42260. Forms part of: Nationa... More

Working cowboy

Rear view of a man wearing chaps and spurs.

Cowboy on horse with equipment on cattle ranch near Spur, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican cowboys throwing a calf for branding. Cattle ranch near Marfa,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Detail of cowboy's saddle. Roundup near Marfa, Texas

Uncle Bill, old character living at Reserve, New Mexico. He was once a...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cowboys' Bathtub

Horse trough used by buckaroos for bathing

Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, that city's annual rodeo, stock show, pe...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Country music legend George Strait, photographed (in 2014) at what was...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The concert was held at the AT&T Center, home to the Dallas Cowboys' National Football League team, which Strait had opened with anot... More

Longhorn that accompanies Old-timey cook up the road from the "Cowboy ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Scene from the annual Junior Parada rodeo, in which young cowboys and ...

"Parada" in this context does not mean "parade," as one might think. Used by many rodeo events around the country, it uses the Spanish word for "stop" to refer to early rodeos in which cowhands literally stoppe... More

"The Cow Boy" / J.C.H. Grabill, photographer, Sturgis, Dakota Ter.

Photograph shows side view of a cowboy on a horse, looking towards the camera. Copyright deposit; 1888. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Cowboys following the train and cheering President Roosevelt, Hugo, Co...

H31844 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mess scene on "round up"

Cowboys eating near chuck wagon; small groups of horses and cattle in campsite. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Branding cattle on the prairies of Texas - mirage in the background / ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, published 1867 June 29, p. 232. Date on image printed as June 25, 1867.

[Dodge City Cow-Boy Band with their instruments] / Studio Genelli, Hul...

26895 U.S. Copyright Office.

Cowboy in Custer County, Nebraska

original size: 4x5 1/2

Cowboy life--riding a yearling / from a photo. by C.D. Kirkland, Cheye...

Cowboy riding a bull. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1888 May 5, p. 177 (cover)

Branding cattle on the McConnell Ranch on the South Loup River near Ge...

original size: 6x8

R.D. Meldrum, in cowboy outfit, on quarter horse

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[William S. Hart, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front,...

J231490 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Chircosta. "Position II."

[William S. Hart, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, in cowb...

J239932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by WSH.

[Cowboy riding bronco while other cowboys look on]

J252421 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Haynes, St. Paul.

Cowboy band, 3/5/29

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Mrs. Hoover and Cowboy band, 3/5/29

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San Luis Obispo County, California. Cowboy coming in from the hills

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cowboy looking at ranch supplies. Saddle shop, Alpine, Texas

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cowhand Craig Bauer, atop his horse, Spaghetti, amid the longhorn herd...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing alongside horse, f...

J138684 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted in 1910 by T.W. Ingersoll. Copyright deposit; 1910; (DLC/PP-1910:43992).

Mess scene on "round up"

Cowboys eating near chuck wagon; small groups of horses and cattle in campsite. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

The Real thing in cowboys cupid in chaps.

Motion picture poster for "The Real thing in cowboys" shows one cowboy kneeling in front of another cowboy, possibly Tom Mix, and an alarmed woman standing alongside. Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Se... More

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing cowgirl outfit and holding ...

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. #61. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Women Occupations; Cowboys.

Branding Mavericks

5 cattle held by ropes being branded. Colorado or Utah?. H56777 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by F.M. Steele. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Utah?; Colo.?; Cow... More

Cutting out from the herd

Photograph shows a cowboy on horseback separating a cow from the rest of the herd on the LS range in Texas. H108518 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1908, by Erwin E. Smith. Amon Carter caption: A cowboy cutti... More

Cowboy at Newton, Kas.

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Bootmaker at work showing his workbench. Cowboy boot shop, Alpine, Tex...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cowboy drinking a bottle of beer in booth of beer parlor. Alpine, Texa...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cowboys in beer parlor. Alpine, Texas

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cowboy with Spanish cowpony. Pie Town, New Mexico

Ola, Idaho. Detail of cowboy on horseback

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a horse, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing cowboys rounding up cattle and portrait of Col. W.F. Cody on horseback. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Li...

Motion picture poster for "The sheriff's reward" shows cowgirl saying to cowboy, "The cattle thieves are after you!" Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co.

Hippodrome du Trotting Club Levallois - grand match en 12 heures: S. F...

Advertising poster for a race between S. F. Cody on horseback and French cycling champion, Meyer of Dieppe, on bicycle.

The Real thing in cowboys cupid in chaps.

Motion picture poster for "The Real thing in cowboys" shows one cowboy kneeling in front of another cowboy, possibly Tom Mix, and an alarmed woman standing alongside. Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Se... More

A cowboy. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites

Cowboy and pony on the Carver Ranch, Cherry County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8

[Drifting before the storm]

Two cowboys on horseback and herd of cattle.

Edward S. Curtis - Jicarilla cowboy

Half-length portrait of Jicarilla man. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1268-04.

[Boy in cowboy costume]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cowboy with lariat and horse pose near wall]

Photograph shows a cowboy, with lariat and chaps, posed next to horse near rock wall.

Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D....

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican cowboys washing up after roundup. Cattle ranch near Marfa, Tex...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cattlemen at stockyard, San Angelo, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cowboy eating dinner by the chuck wagon on SMS Ranch near Spur

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Window of the Space Cowboy Smoke Shop, which calls itself "the highest...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A head shop is a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia used for consumption of cannabis, tobacco, and "New Age" herbs. This one ... More

A charro, or Mexican cowboy, performs at the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganz...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A play of the golden west, An Arizona cowboy in Big Tent Theatre

Created and "copyright, 1907 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 10840. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Cowboy on a bucking bronco] / F. Remington.

F69882 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

Cowboys on their horses at rodeo, Quemado, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cowboy washing a Hereford steer which will be shown in the San Angelo ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Bitterroot Valley, Ravalli County, Montana. Cowboy

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Cowboy Boots

Source: Pedroli, Pete Typical western riding boots made ca. 1960; note the decorative stitching and undercut heel employed by the manufacturer Maker: Leddy, Fort Worth, Texas

James M. McGroarty and Stella Tedesg, the King and Queen of Mardi Gras...

Mural in Sheridan, Wyoming, showing a subject often depicted in the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers F... More

Tradecard for Wiedemann Beer: old cowboy holding glass of Wiedemann's

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Taber Prang Art Co.

"Bucking Bronco." Ned Coy, a famous Dakota cowboy, starts out for the ...

Cowboy on a bucking horse. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Li...

Motion picture poster for "The sheriff's reward" shows cowgirl saying to cowboy, "The cattle thieves are after you!" Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co.

[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing alongside horse, f...

J138684 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted in 1910 by T.W. Ingersoll. Copyright deposit; 1910; (DLC/PP-1910:43992).

"Pot luck" with the "boys" - President Roosevelt's cowboy breakfast at...

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt serving himself food as cowboys look on.

[Cowboys by fire in discussion with Indian chief]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A Real Live Cowboy

Cowboy on horseback, holding lasso.