cowboys

"The hanging of Mitchell and Ketchum by the Olive gang"

summary: Note: Butcher staged this photograph to illustrate the hanging of Mitchell and Ketchum by I.P. "Print" Olive in 1878 for use in his PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY original size: 6x8

Camp wagon on a Texas roundup

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 558" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013756. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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.

Signboard, entering Sweetwater, Texas

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

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.

Cowboys Stadium, a domed stadium with a retractable roof in Arlington,...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Dallas architectural firm HKS, Inc, the stadium serves as the home field of the National Football League's ... More

Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. ...

Bucking broncos do what comes naturally at a large outdoor rodeo that'...

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

The Virginian by Owen Wister and Kirke La Shelle.

G xxc 15980? U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright, 1903, by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7249. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

"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.

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

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

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.

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

T. J. Parrish Ranch on the South Loup River, Buffalo County, Nebraska...

original size: 6x8

Mounting a "bronc" / photo by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

Photograph shows a cowboy attempting to mount a bronc while another cowboy holds the horse by the reins at the Bar Diamond Ranch in Texas. H111060 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Tex... More

Working cowboy

Rear view of a man wearing chaps and spurs.

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.

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

"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.

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 great train robbery written by Scott Marble.

Caption: Trouncing a terrible tough : a gentle German athlete breaks the hand of "Rattlesnake Pete." Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7462. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More

[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).

Colorado. The round up, "grub pile"

Title on inventory list: The round up, grub pile. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51057". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://h... 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 RG2608-2156e. In ... More

"Shorty" and old-time cowboy in Cherry County, near Pullman, Nebraska

summary: Photographer's annotation:: "An old pal of Doc Middleton. Finally settled down and put his time in punching cows for himself and raising a large family." original size: 6x8

101 Ranch, Rita Blanco Cañon

Photograph shows seven cowboys from the 101 Ranch near Dalhart, Texas, on horseback. A ranch house, outbuildings and corrals are in the background. Copyrighted 1904 by C.A. Kendrick, Denver. No. 9.

Branding on the XIT

Photograph shows cowboys branding cattle on the XIT ranch in the Texas panhandle. Copyright 1904 by C.A. Kendrick, Denver. No. 21.

A rocky trail / photo by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

Photograph shows two cowboys on horseback wending their way down a rocky hillside at the LS Ranch in Texas. H111063 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1908, by Erwin E. Smith. Amon Carter caption: Two LS cowpunc... More

The stray man / photo by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

Photograph shows a cowboy on horseback with herd of horses. H111065 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas; 1908-1910; (PR 06 CN 1054).

Driving cattle

Photograph shows cowboys driving cattle in an arid landscape. J15922 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by McCormick Co., Amarillo, Texas.

Mexican cowboys building the fire to heat the branding irons. Cattle r...

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.

Dallas Cowboys' and Denver Broncos' kickers and other "special-teams" ...

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 Virginian by Owen Wister and Kirke La Shelle.

G xxc 15980? U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright, 1903, by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7249. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

"Roping gray wolf," Cowboys take in a gray wolf on "Round up," in Wyom...

Five cowboys on horses roping a wolf.

W.I. Swain's western spectacular production, Jesse James

Caption: This money belongs to me. Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, KY." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

"Testing" Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton

Trade card, advertising Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton, showing man roping steer.

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

Bear hunt - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Markendorff, George, co... More

Jack Arnold looking over the Quarter Circle U Ranch which he owns, Ros...

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

Beer parlor, Birney, Montana

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

Barrel racing at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo....

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

Barrel racing at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo....

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

Nebraska Farmers - Charley Meeks, Cowboy.

original size: 6x8

Colorado. "Round up" on the Cimarron

Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Round up on the Cimarron. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53124". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochr... More

Men on horseback with a large herd of cattle in Cherry County, Nebrask...

original size: 6x8

A group of Texas cowboys

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

X I T mess wagon

Photograph shows seven cowboys from the XIT ranch in the Texas panhandle seated on ground and eating, cook standing, wagon and horses behind them. F.M. Steele, Special Photographer C.R. I. & P. Railway System.

Robert Farley, Milburn, Nebraska..

summary: Photographer's note: Farley was an old time cowboy and cattleman. original size: 6x8

Reading the news

Photograph shows two cowboys reading some papers next to a "USM" postbox near the LS Ranch in Texas in 1907. H118423 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by Erwin E. Smith. Amon Carter caption: Two LS cowpunc... More

The intruder a powerful comedy drama of the East & West : the love and...

"Not a moving picture." Created by "Quigley Litho. Co., K.C." No. 3516. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Cowboy Craig Bauer at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working ca...

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

Cowhand Lars Hollis, left, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lon...

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders entertain the crowd at a National Foot...

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 enormous, high-definition video screen stretching from one 20-yard...

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

This Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Victoria (the team does not publicize...

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

W.I. Swain's western spectacular production, Jesse James

Caption: This money belongs to me. Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, KY." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The Crimson skull, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster showing a man and woman in western garb with a horse standing between them. The Norman Film M'f'g Co. presents "The Crimson Skull." Baffling western mystery photoplay co-starring Anita Bu... More

Free Strawberry roan rodeo state fair

Circus poster for rodeo showing a cowboy on steer. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys National Football League team...

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

"Fanning a Twister," by Peter Fillerup; one of several cowboy-themed s...

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

A bad hoss / C.M. Russell.

Cowboy on a bucking bronco. G9195 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a 1904 painting by Charles M. Russell.

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.

[Cowboy with lariat and horse pose near wall]

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

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.

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

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The rustler's reformation" shows cowboy with arm around woman. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Selig western drama.

Cowboys eating out on the range, chuck wagon in background

Photograph shows seven cowboys, six sitting on the ground eating, and one on horseback; chuck wagon and horses in background.

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy, on horseback, and Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, on foot, driving cattle labeled "High Protectionist, Senatorial Pledge Breaker, [and] Beet Sug... More

Driving cattle on the Lou Hammer Ranch near Wood River, Hall County, N...

original size: 6x8

Cowboys at lunch

Photographs shows a group of cowboys from the JA Ranch in the panhandle of Texas seated on the ground eating next to chuckwagon. In background is a remuda and the photographer's wagon of W. D. Harper. Copyright... More

Day herds, XIT outfit

Photograph shows three cowboys from the XIT ranch in the Texas panhandle with their horses. A herd of cattle in is in the background. Copyrighted 1904 by by C.A. Kendrick. No. 22

JA Ranch, packing bedding

Photograph shows cowboys from the JA Ranch in the Texas panhandle packing their bedding while out on the range Copyrighted 1904 by C.A. Kendrick, Denver. No. 14.

Bunch of genuine old time cowboys and bronco busters at Denver, Colora...

summary: . original size: 6x8

Buccaroos / C.M. Russell.

Two cowboys roping a steer. G9197 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a 1902 painting by Charles M. Russell.

A Texas cowboy / photo by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas.

Photograph shows a cowboy on horseback on a knoll looking down at a herd of cattle on the range, LS Ranch in Texas. H111066 U.S. Copyright Office Amon Carter caption: A day herder, Bert Killion, on a knoll ove... More

Work on cattle ranch, Z/T Ranch, Pitchfork, Wyoming

Photo shows a cowboy on horseback and long line of cattle in snow. J259043 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph is also known as Winter cattle drive and Cattle drive in winter.

Free Strawberry roan rodeo state fair

Circus poster for rodeo showing a cowboy on horse chasing steer.

Cowboys in beer parlor. Alpine, Texas

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

Cowhands drive the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome P...

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

"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

See America / Frank S. Nicholson.

Poster for the United States Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing two cowboys on horseback by stream near desert rock formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Colle... 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

Belle Archer in Jess of the Bar Z

D16863 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The arrival of Jess at the ranch. Created and "copyright, 1900, by the U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Fred E. Wright. No. 4695... More

A group of Texas cowboys

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

A jolly lot of cowboys in Montana

Group of cowboys on horses. Stereo copyrighted by The Whiting View Co. No. 2533. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Cowboys; Ph. Ind.

J.J. Coleman presents "that odd fellow" Mr. Harry Beresford in Our new...

Caption: I may suggest the Wild West, but my dearest enemy could not accuse me of being woolly. Created and "copyright 1904 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7947. Fo... More

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

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

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.

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

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