National Cowgirl Museum Photo Collection

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Archival Photo of the Week

May 6-12, 2012

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Photograph of Bonnie Grey, Vera McGinnis Farra, Donna Glover, Lorena Trickey, and Mable Strickland Woodward in 1923 at the Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon.
R.R. Doubleday; C. 1923; Pendleton, Oregon
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

Previous Photos of the Week…

April 22-29, 2012
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Photograph of Velma “Wild Horse Annie” Johnston on a rearing horse
Universal News Organization; C. 1970s; Nevada
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame; gift of Jack McElwee

April 15-21, 2012
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Photograph of Florence Reynolds riding in a parade in Borger, Texas
Fred Lawrence; C. 1950s; Borger, Texas
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame; gift of Jackie Campbell

April 1-7, 2012
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Dale Evans and Don Ameche sing into an NBC microphone on the Chase and Sanborn Program. Dale was a regular on the show in 1942 along with Ameche.
Photographer unknown; C. 1942;
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

March 25–31, 2012 
Photograph of Tommy Kirnan and Vera McGinnis Farra posed with their trophoes. At the 1924 London Rodeo at Wembly Stadium Tommy Kirnan won trick riding and roping and Vera McGinnis Farra won relay and trick riding.
Personality Photo Press LTD; C. 1924; London, England
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

March 18–24, 2012
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Photograph of the first president of the Girls Rodeo Association, Margaret Montgomery Owens, barrel racing in the late 1940s.
James Cathey Photography; C. 1940s
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Sug Bloxom

March 11–17, 2012 
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Photograph of Rae Beach bronc riding at Monterey Park, California in 1951
Bell photography; C. 1951;  Monterey Park, CA
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Nancy Binford

February 26–March 3, 2012
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Lucyle Richards photographed in Boston Massachusetts during the 1934 Boston Garden Rodeo
Photographer unknown; C. 1934;  Boston, Massachusetts
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Lucyle Richards

February 19–25, 2012
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Margie Roberts Hart performing a tail drag on her horse, Buck, in Strong City, Kansas
Photographer unknown; C. 1940s;  Strong City, Kansas
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Dena Kleinstein

February 12–18, 2012
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Photograph of Nancy Bragg Witmer cutting in the 1940s
Arthur Baker; C. 1940s
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Nancy Binford

February 5–11, 2012
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Action shot of Jackie Worthington barrel racing at the 1949 Woodward Rodeo
James Cathey; C. 1949; Woodward, Oklahoma
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Nancy Binford

January 29–February 4, 2012 
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Doris Haynes, Pauline Nesbitt, Florence Hughes Randolph, Tad Lucas, Margie Greenough Henson, and Alice Greenough Orr at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York
Milton Photographs; C. 1930s; Brooklyn, New York
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Pauline Nesbitt

January 22–28, 2012 
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Photograph of Tad Lucas performing at the Fort Worth Stockshow and Rodeo in 1948
James Cathey photography; C. 1948; Fort Worth, Texas
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

January 15–21, 2012
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Photograph of Mamie Francis Hafley, Triss Speaker, and Ruth Roach Salmon at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
R.R. Doubleday photo; C. 1920s; Fort Worth, Texas
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

January 8–14, 2012
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Frances “Flaxie” Fletcher (center) photographed with Cathy Colbern (left) at Madison Square Garden, New York in 1959.
Photographer unknown; C. 1959; New York, New York
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Gift of Frances “Flaxie” Fletcher

January 1–7, 2012
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Gathering Cowgirls: Claire Belcher Thompson, Lucille Roberts, Rose Davis, Vivian White, Grace White, and Mary Parks. The bottom row L to R: Tad Lucas, Florence Randolph, Iva Dell Jacobs, and Peggy Long.
Photographer unknown; C. 1930-1940
Permanent Collection of National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

 

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