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86 pages. Articles: How Much Government can Free Enterprise Stand?; The Senseless Killing of Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind" - article with photos; Report on the Far West - The News is Good from the Nation's "New Empire" - with focus on industrial development; Lincoln Collector, Oliver R. Barrett; Bashful Ben of the Bang-Bangs - Cowboy Ben Johnson - article with color photos; Donora, Pennsylvania - The case of the Poisoned Air - 19 died; Suppose He Had Two Eyes - Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Tommy Thompson has one eye - article with photo. Fiction: Bootlegger's Treasure (part 1 of 4); Floodwater; O'Brien; The case of the Negligent Nymph (conclusion); Dumb Bunny. Also includes great vintage ads for: Lord Calvert Whiskey - with great full-page colour photo of illustrator Mr. Bradshaw Crandell; Western Electric (showing switchboard operator; General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour photo of Mrs. Pierpont Morgan Hamilton; Pontiac cars; Rexall - Druggists of America; Texaco; DeSoto cars; Nash cars; Mercury cars; American Airlines (centerfold); Botany 500 men's fashions; Great two-page color photo ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer features Rosalind Russell, Gary Cooper, Lawrence Tibbett, Charles Laughton, Sid Luckman, Douglas Fairbanks, "Hap" Arnold, Mr. & Mrs. Jascha Heifetz, Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Pershing and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Hersholt; GM Electro-Motive Division; Dodge Trucks; Trailways bus lines; Bicycle playing cards; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring bowler Joe Wilman and waterskiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
kz37Scrapbook. Very Good. No Binding. 1930s-50s. Scrapbook collection of TEX RITTER -- 'America's favorite singing cowboy' movie icon and country music singer. Disbound sheets housed in protective handmade box 11" x 15.5". Tex Ritter's original autograph is tipped-in. Back-cover shows pretty lithograph of landscape; front-cover missing. Scrapbook sheets have been repaired and stabilized. TEX RITTER 1905-1974 was known as 'THE MAN FROM TEXAS' - his powerful baritone voice was heard over radio on Broadway and in 150cowboy western movie musicals. Tex Ritter movies were full of good music songs comedy fights hard-riding scenery suspenseful stories. Scrapbook- 80pgs. of paraphernalia newspaper stories fan club material detail Tex Ritter's iconic musical cowboy movies of the 1930s-50s. The scrapbook has many publicity shots of Tex- in magazines 8x10" original photos chromolith illustration shows Tex Bill Elliott & their horses 8x10" small lobby posters; Tex Ritter's autograph lyrics for songs in his singing cowboy movies - 'Symphony of the Prairie'/ 'Rollin' Westward'/ 'Out in the Golden West'/ 'High Wide and Handsome'/ 'Sing Cowboy Sing/ "Arizona Days'/ "Headin' for the Rio Grande'/ 'The Bold Vaquero'/ 'Back in "67"'. Domestic s/h $20 . unknown
1972156131Flagstaff AZ 1972. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Black-and-white photographs of the artists and their art 80 pages large slim 8vo 10 x 7.25 inches 3/4 tan fabricoid with pumpkin buckram ex-libris inside the front cover. Flagstaff Arizona: 1972. Limited edition. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> Signed by 26 Western artists -- 25 on the limitation page and one on the back by the following: William Moyers George Marks Melvin C. Warren Nick Eggenhoffer Harvey Johnson J.N. Swanson Byron B. Wolfe Charlie S. Dye Joe Beeler Frank Polk Grant Speed Brownell McGraw Tom Ryan SHorty Shope John Clymer Bob Scriver Darol Dickinson Gordon Snidow Robert Lougheed John Kittelson Fred Fellows James Reynolds Nicholas S. Firfires Fred Harman Ned Jacob on the back and John Hampton.<br/><br/> unknown books
1969196361969. Midnight Cowboy. Archive of 4 items: 3 original vintage black and white photos and one Lobby Card. United Artists 1969. Original Vintage Silver Gelatin Photographs are Measures 8X10 Inches and depict several important scenes with Jon Voight Dustin Hoffman and Brenda Vaccaro. Lobby Card Measures about 11" x 14" and features a powerful image of Dustin Hoffman and Brenda Vaccaro with text: "A Jerome Hellman Production Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight." It also features the X-rating logo and a United Artists logo . Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American buddy drama directed by John Schlesinger and starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. Set in New York City Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers and included New York's gay counterculture. "John Schlesinger's gritty unrelentingly bleak look at the seedy underbelly of urban American life is undeniably disturbing but Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight's performances make it difficult to turn away." It is the only X-rated film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. All inn very good condition. unknown
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Cowboy in Trouble - A tale from Indian Territory which is now part of Oklahoma; The Seminoles of Florida - An interesting photo-illustrated account of these hermits of the Florida wilds; The Longest Voyage on Record - An authoritative account of the "Maria Madre", presently moored at Paysandu, Uruguay - with photos; The Way of the Wild - Photo-illustrated article by cinematographer F. Ratcliffe Holmes about his adventures filming wildlife; Filed - Until Found - The daring escape of John Kelly from the Worcester, MA jail; My First Rhino - After V.G. Bell bagged his first, he was nearly bagged by a nearby rhino; The Wild Tribes of Malaya - Edward E. Long visits unknown stone-age tribes - article with wonderful photos; "Stope Number Five East" - Grim story from the Golden Gleam Mine in Nevada; Among the "White Arabs" - Photo illustrated article on the Shawiya Berbers of Algeria; The Ju-Ju Man's Vengeance - The death of a German by hypnotism in West Africa; Painting Pictures Beneath the Sea - Well-known landscapte artist Tilden Dakin paints submarine 'seascapes' from a diving-bell of his own design; "Ginger" To the Rescue! - A story of the old 'blackbirding' days in the South Seas, when the recruiters were not always over-scrupulous as to how they obtained native labour for the plantations; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part II - Jack McLaren spent eight years with savages on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Australia - with photos. 88 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
2023x-3031216997Springer 2023. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.91 inches. Springer hardcover
48 pages. Features: There's a New Chic to the Soviet Woman - the tough austerity of Stalin's era has begun to soften, and the ladies are taking the lead - article with great photos; Cowboy Charioteers - brief article and three photos of chariot racing in Idaho; How Billy Barker Won his V.C. (Victoria Cross) - It was One Against 60 so he decided to Ram! - long article with illustrations; Yukon Artist Inger Fiskaa - article with photos; Regina's Wascana Lake Bird Sanctuary - article with photos; Candles With a Twist - a profitable business for Creston, B.C. teacher Sigurd Askevold - story with photos; Princess Alexandra of Kent Becomes a Scotsman's Bride - story with great colour photos; Leo Durocher Explains Why the Spitball Ain't Nasty - photos with story; German Kurt Hill Became a Sarcee Indian in Alberta - article with photos; Nice colour photo ad for Lowney's Glosette Raisins - back when they came in the red box with the window; Colour photo ad for Angel Face Lipstick; Moderate wear. Unmarked. Please note: 4"x10" clipping from page 39 only affects recipe and cartoon; Kiddie Who Needs a Caddie - Five-Year-Old Andrew McConnell is a good golfer - short article with five photos; A quality copy. Book
18457-5-590London, Verlag der britischen Societät, o.J. (1845). 4° (27 x 21,5 cm), mit 2 gest. Titeln, gest. Portrait, Stahlstichkarte u. 114 (v. 117) Stahlstich-Tafeln nach Bartlett, 3 Bl., 148 S.; 2 Bl., 121 S., Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel u. RVergoldung sowie reichhaltig blind- und goldgepr. Deckeln
194451007Stockton: Published by John Muldowney Printing Co. 1944. 1944. First edition. 8vo. Orange pictorial stiff wrappers 78 pp. illustrated. "This book contains twenty poems one cowboy story and one article entitled "WHEN DO HORSES SLEEP" This article contains valuable information regarding breeding breaking and racing of horses. Also offers help in "The Low Down On Picking a Winner" a guide to picking winners at the horse track. Herd 2298 says "Scarce." Near fine bright copy. Published by John Muldowney Printing Co. 1944]. unknown
2025x-3031841506Springer Nature 2025. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.21 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
193832564n. p.: The Tribune Publishing Co 1938. 1st edition. Printed pictorial orange paper wrappers stapled. Wrappers severely chipped & detached. Textblock - ex-lib with small stamp to top edge of 'January' page no other markings otherwise VG. Unpaginated though 32 pp. 19 drawings: 9 Cowboy and 10 Indian. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>One of the first print appearances of Thompson who spent much of his early adult life in Oklahoma and who was subsequently to be recognized by many as "the Dean of American Noir novelists". Taylor. The Tribune Publishing Co unknown books
Features: Loaded with British Columbia content! Nice Full-page colour ad for Bulova watches; A Native's Return to B.C., by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for the 1958 Ford cars; Feature article on Victoria's Government Street, with colour photos; Many B.C.-themed cartoons; The Salty Princesses of the Pacific Coast - B.C.'s Princess Boats - article with colour photos; The Douglas Fir - the vanishing giant that built a province; The Rise and Fall of Social Credit - the west's wonder party now seems headed for destruction; What B.C. means to nine of its best artists - many colour illustrations commissioned by Maclean's - works by Jack Shadbolt, Joe Plaskett, Bruno Bobak, Lawren Harris, Gordon Smith, Molly Bobak, B.C. Binning, E.J. Hughes, John Korner; The Truth about the Sasquatch - fiction by Vernon Hockley; Nice colour full-page ad for B/A gas stations; Glamourous colour ad for B-58 Buick; Labatt's '50' ale colour ad; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton - Mt. Royal Hotel; Great full-page black and white photo ad for Canada Mink; Faded Coke ad on back cover shows a mountain scene and people in cowboy hats. Covers detached but present else average wear. Unmarked. Lerner & Williamson 1996. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Kidnapped by the "Gavilleros"- the British administrator of a large sugar estate on the West Indian island of Santo Domingo is kidnapped; An Island Paradise - photo-illustrated article on the 'progress, civilized, and thoroughly lovable people' of Fiji; Looking Backwards - 25th Birthday of this publication; An Adventure With a Mad Buffalo; Jimmy's Reformation - Jimmy Boncelek used to be the terror of Stigler, Oklahoma; Seeking the Copper Mountain - photo-illustrated account of an eventful journey through the little-known province of Veraguas, part of the Republic of Panama; A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part II - Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains, a picturesque country where the tribal blood-feud still flourishes - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part V - a tramp with a donkey cart, avoiding all modern luxuries; The Tobacco Smugglers of the Belgian Border - photo-illustrated report; A Soldier of Fortune - Part II - remarkable personal narrative smuggled from a man presently incarcerated in a French prison; Splitting the Herd - A cowboy adventure from the Texas plains; Photos of Chinese cave temple at Gunong Rapat in the federated Malay States; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
05-0698Hollywood Calif.: PRC re-release of the 1942 picture. Color lithograph poster. Mounted on linen. `One sheet. B condition. Director: Sam Newfield. Writing credits: Oliver Drake. Credited cast: Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd as Marshal Bill Boyd Art Davis as Marshal Art Davis. Hollywood, Calif.: PRC, re-release of the 1942 picture. unknown
1890202841890. Photographers unknown. African American cowboy photographs late 19th century. These images document Black participation in ranching and frontier life in the decades following emancipation when a significant proportion of working cowboys in the American West were African American. The photographs record both labor and self-presentation through an outdoor riding scene and a formal studio portrait providing evidence of how Black men and youth engaged with western occupations mobility and dress during a period when new economic opportunities emerged alongside persistent racial constraints. The material supports research into African American labor history western expansion and the social formation of Black life in the post-Civil War United States.<br /> <br /> Two photographs comprising one albumen print and one tintype each approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches. The albumen image depicts a young African American boy mounted on a bucking horse holding a cowboy hat and riding crop dressed in a buttoned shirt trousers and lace-up boots; a tipi structure is visible in the background situating the scene within a western or plains environment. The tintype presents a studio portrait of a young African American man wearing a striped three-piece suit and a wide-brimmed hat associated with late nineteenth-century western fashion indicating the circulation of frontier dress within formal portrait settings. Together the images contrast lived outdoor activity with constructed studio identity documenting both labor and presentation.<br /> <br /> These photographs align with broader patterns of African American migration and employment in the American West after the American Civil War when formerly enslaved individuals sought work in ranching cattle driving and related trades. Historians have noted that a substantial number of cowboys in the late nineteenth century were Black though their presence has often been underrepresented in popular narratives of the West. Visual documentation of African American riders and western dress provides primary evidence for the study of labor identity and mobility in this period particularly in relation to how individuals navigated new economic roles following emancipation. Minor corrosion affecting a portion of one image primarily in a blank area; remaining details clear and legible. Overall very good condition. unknown
76 pages. "At the end of 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin made rock history when "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" made number one in America's three major trade charts (Cashbox, Billboard and Record World) on its first week of entry. Nobody, not even the Beatles, had ever done that before." - from page 2. Contains four pages of text plus twenty-five pages of great black and white photos. Includes music, chords and lyrics for: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; Tower of Babel; Bitter Fingers; Tell me When the Whistle Blows; Someone Saved My Life Tonight; (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket; Better Off Dead; Writing; We all fall in Love Sometimes; Curtains; Dogs in the Kitchen (lyrics only). Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. Narrow openings along backstrip. A sound copy. Book
188912-6-278Washington, Government Printing Office, 1889. gr. 8° (24 x 15,5cm), mit 21 Tafeln und einer mehrfach ausfaltbaren, teilkol. Karte, 2 Bll., 90 S., IV, rotes Ln. mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel und Rückentitel
1947423928Billings Montana 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small quarto measuring 7.5" x 9.5". Carved wooden boards with "Montana" and a cowboy on a horse carved on the front board. Contains 104 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2" x 3" and 5.5" x 7.5" with captions. Some tidemarks on the page edges not affecting the photographs thus very good with near fine photographs.<br /> <br /> A photo album kept by Margaret Gilbert while visiting a ranch in Billings Montana beginning in 1947. The album begins with a note saying that the marquetry hardwood album cover was made by "Cowboy ‘Phil' Brady who died 6-14-47." It's followed by the handwritten title "Pictures from Billings Montana." The photos open with women at the Red Lodge in Montana showing them posed by a snow covered river. Other photos show women hiking in western clothing and posed around the Montana landscape. They attend a "Western Parade" with a paddy wagon rides waving to the crowd and men waving American flags. One color photo shows a woman "pitching alfalfa hay" others show the ranch animals including a cat named "Squeaky" and a dog named "Shep" around the grounds. Margaret photographed the Billings rodeo with images of the riders parading into the arena action shots of riders on bucking horses and cattle rustling. Later photos show another parade which featured the "Budweiser Horses." It appears from some later photos laid in that this Montana trip happened regularly and more recent photographs show an older Margaret returning to Billings.<br /> <br /> An interesting collection of images depicting a woman's involvement in Rodeo culture in Montana in the late 1940s. hardcover
197159853Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press. As New. 1971. Paperback. 0873580869 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 48 pp. With 31 pls. 3 col. . 28 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Northland Press paperback
199834710Museum. New. 1998. Hardcover. 0883600900 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY WHY WAIT -- 9 x 12 200pp. over 150 duotones -- One hundred fifty duotones 9 by 12 inches 200 pages. Both a cowboy and an artist Erwin E. Smith used photography to preserve a memory of the disappearing open-range cowboy. Between 1905 and 1912 he photographed cowboys on ranches in New Mexico Arizona and Texas. Accompanying the stunning duotone images is the first comprehensive biography of Smith's life as written by B. Byron Price. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum hardcover
190753988Granby Colorado: Written by Stanley Howard 1907 - 1908. 1907 - 1908. COLORADO. Six letters written to his cousins in Ellsworth Station Ohio. The contents of each letter is provided: Letter I: Granby Colo. Oct. 31 1907 Dear cousins Ruth and Earl: I have been looking for a letter from both of you but I am going to write you a short letter anyway. We had a snow storm this afternoon so we could not work and that gave me plenty of time to write some letters. Wilson and I are living up among the hills in a tent. Our tent is in the edge of a fine forest and we are 3 miles from the nearest house. We never see anyone except on Sundays when we go to the post office. I put on a black shirt a suit of duck cloth and a pair of leather shoes that come to my knees and then I think I am "dressed up." My good clothes have been in the trunk since Aug. 15. One day a tree fell and hit Wilson on the head. He was unconscious for over an hour. As soon as he was able to walk I took him down to Mr. Buites. He stayed there 3 days and I came back to our camp and worked all by myself without seeing a person. How would you like to do that way. You ought to have been here for supper tonight. We had macaroni tomatoes and pan cakes. When you get ready to travel like I am doing you will have to make up your minds to eat anything and every thing and say it is good. I think next week will finish our work in the woods. There we are going to turn into cowboys and help Mr. Burite "roundup" his cattle. He has about 600 head and they are scattered all over the hills for 10 or 15 miles and are mixed up with every body else's cattle. How do you suppose we can tell them Every one had the brand L.J. on its left side. L.J. means "love jack ranch" That name of Mr. Buirtes ranch. Then we will help brand all the young cattle. When that is done we are going to California. Ruth! How is your cactus coming on. Write and tell me all about it. Earl take a rabbit hunt for me I am going to raid a coyote den tomorrow. Both of you write soon. A good long letter. Give my love to your papa and mamma. Stanley. Letter II: Denver Colo. Aug. 4 1907 Dear cousins Earl and Ruth This is a pleasant afternoon and I am going to spend a part of the time writing you a letter. I expect you have both been kept busy since your mamma has been sick and harvest time too I hope your mother is better. I wish you could have been here with me last Thursday and yesterday. Thursday was a legal holiday Colorado's birthday. They had a big parade which was composed of 6 stage coaches and prairie schooners 4 brass bands 9 of the city fire companies 50 race horses and 115 automobiles. One of the automobiles carried 42 people. Don't you think it was a big one Then in the afternoon and evening I went out to the city park and heard the band concert. You ought to see the animals at the park. I will name the different kinds. Here they are: Black cinnamon and grizzly bear black red and gray foxes wolves coyotes and mountain lions. Wild cats raccoon badger ocelot porcupine buffalo elk deer and antelope. They have a big cage of golden and bald eagles too. I saw the nicest little buffalo calf. It was only a few days old and looked like a little red calf only its head was woolly like a sheep. Yesterday I went through the United States Mint and I saw them making money. They were working with silver. First it was smelted and then allowed to cool in long bars. Next it was taken to the rolling mill where it was rolled and rolled and cut until it was finally made into thin sheets. Then it was cut into pieces that looked like shot gun wads. They were making quarters yesterday. After this process it was taken to the coining room and weighed and sifted. It was then run through a coining machine and came out a finished coin. I suppose you are all through harvesting by this time. They were through in Kansas when I was there. I helped harvest 150 acres of wheat. It took six of us just 5 ½ days to cut haul and stack it. We made 25 big stacks. Wilson is working today. He is a janitor in the Empire building and has thirty eight rooms to keep clean. He has to be watchman every fifth Sunday. The rest of the folks have all gone out for an auto ride this afternoon. I think maybe I will go when they come back. How would you like to go along I rode in one in Columbus O.It wasn't as much fun as you would think. Well children I have been waiting patiently for a letter from you since I left home but I haven't heard from you at all. I hope I wont have to wait as much longer. Give my love to your papa and mamma. Your cousin Stanley 2323 Ogden St. Letter III: Granby Colo. September 8 1907 Dear cousin Ruth: I was very glad to get your letter. You must have "lots of nerve" to have so many teeth pulled at once. I am glad you got your harvesting done so nicely. I am helping make hay now. The man I work for has 600 acres of hay. All I do is ride a hay rake and he pays me $2.00 a day. The hay is all stacked and they don't haul it on a wagon and it isn't pitched with a fork. Can you guess how they stack it I will send you a picture some of these times that will show you all about it. Tell Earl if he wants to go fishing to come out here and he can get all he wants and some big enough to break his hook and line. If you look in your geography and find Middle Park you will know just where I am Find the Grand River. That is where we go fishing and where we water our houses every day. Maybe you can find the Frazier river too. If you can find just where it empties into the Grand you will know just where I am because the man I work for owns the land between them. It freezes ice here every night and yesterday it snowed a little. Two of the mountains south of here are white with snow at sun down last night. Longs Peak is only 30 miles east of here and the Rabbits Ear Range is north. It is two miles to the nearest mountain. I climbed it last night to see the sun set. The weather was just like winter on its top. Well Ruth I must close for this time. I will look for another letter just as nice as the other one in a few days. Tell Earl when he has plenty of time just to drop me a card. Give my love to your father and mother. Your cousin Stanley Howard Granby Colo. Letter IV: Granby Colo. Oct. 3 1907 Dear cousin Earl. I received your welcome letter and will try and answer it. I have only a few minutes to write as we are preparing to go up into the hills after game. Wilson and I were hunting yesterday and Tuesday. We went on horse back and came home both nights. We could not go far enough in one day to find the deer. We saw some tracks but there was not enough snow to follow them. Tomorrow we are going about 14 miles up into a rough country. We will be gone a week. I have a 30-30 caliber Winchester repeater a duck hunting suit and a pair of lace shoes which come up to my knees. Don't you wish you could go along There is deer bear mountain lions and timber wolves up there and we will have to sleep with our guns at our sides every night. Last Monday we had a big snow storm but it is nearly all melted now. I will send you some pictures so you will know something about this country. When we return from our hunting trip I will write you a longer letter and I will try and write planner so you wont have so much trouble reading it. I will look for another nice long letter from you. Give my love to your papa and mamma. Good bye Stanley P.S. Wilson found 4 deer horns last Tuesday. We will bring them home with us. Letter V: Granby Colorado Nov. 19 1907 Dear cousins Earl and Ruth I will try and answer your letter this evening. We are having fine weather here now. Only a few snowflakes have fallen here and it is very dry. It has been very cold. Just 10 below zero one morning when we went riding after cattle and I frosted my feet and ears. I expect about all you do is run that new engine. Do you keep the water trough running over and separate your milk twice or three times Are you going to cut your corn fodder You must have had a good crop of potatoes. Mr. Burite buys all of his potatoes. He bought 1800 pounds today and they cost "24. He buys all of his oats and they cost $2.65 a 100 pounds. You must have had a good time in Canton. I should like to see McKinley monument too. Well earl if you were to stop in for dinner with me you would likely get bacon pancakes or maybe bread and some rice soup orbean soup. I might make you a Dutch stew. Our stove is something like the one your mother has. The cattle are "rounded up" now all but a few which we have not found. Four of us began riding last Thursday morning and have been riding every day since except today. Mr. Burite and I rod about 50 miles the first day and found 70 head The others brought home more. The second day I rode by myself and found 30. The rest brought in a big bunch. That was about the way it went all the time. We got about 550 altogether and there were 25 we could not find. Yesterday we had lots of fun and today too. Yesterday morning Wilson and I found 8 head of Mr. Burites cattle in with Selaks. He has the first ranch east. We had to separate them. Such hard riding. These saddle ponies will follow a steer just like a dog. When the steer turns the pony does too. A person has to hold on there or you will go on while the horse turns round. Wilson runs one so hard he went over the bank into the river and where he came out he was so run down his tongue hung out. After we got those we got the whole herd together and run them into a corral. There we separated or "cut out" as they call it all the dry cows and fat steers. There this morning we cut out the milk cows and feeders. All that was left were calves. Then we cut out those that were branded and had only 40 head left to brand. That took 5 of us all forenoon. One man kept the iron hot. Mr. Burite did the branding. Wilson and I and another fellow roped and held the cattle. That was lots of fun. We lassoed them then wound the rope around the snubbing post then some one else would rope his hind feet and wrap his rope around another post the other fellow would grab its tail give him a pull and over he went. One kicked Wilson in the face and when we let the last one loose he chased us all out of the corral. The brand is on the left side of back just back of the shoulder and the ends of each ear cut off. I dont think Dewey would amount too much after cattle. He is too big. These horses are too small for the east but they are all right for this country. I rode along gulches where if a horse would make a misstep I would have fallen hundreds of feet. I'll tell you more about the "roundup" and teach you how to throw a rope when I get home. Ruth I was sorry to hear you were not feeling well. You had better come out here and grow fat. I weight 164 pounds. Yes we have tomatoes and corn cakes sometimes and they taste good. I shall want to hear you play when I come home. If you dont get to school much this winter you must practice your music a great deal. That is what will make you a good player. Have you still got your dog. I think we could have used him out here to drive cattle. I dont think you had better write me any more letters until I send you my address again because we are going to leave here next week. Give my regards to your papa and mamma. I amYour cousin Stanley P.S. I forgot to tell you that I have a boil and I cant sit down very well. Letter VI: Granby Colo. July 26 1908 Dear cousins Ruth and Earl: I received your letter a few days ago and I will answer it right away. I was glad to hear from you and I hope you will write often. We have not commenced haying yet but will commence mowing tomorrow. It will be three or four days before we commence hauling. I have had several different kinds of work since I came here. I am learning to irrigate. That is what I am going to do tomorrow. It is lots of fun to irrigate here because there are so many gophers and I can run the water into their holes and out they come. I sowed twenty acres of grass seed yesterday and that is what I am going to irrigate tomorrow. Mr. Burite says get the water on the high places and the low places will take care of themselves. I shot at a coyote yesterday but I only threw dirt on him. Wilson killed a porcupine. There are lots of game his year. I sent for a hunting license and as soon as it comes I am going to get some game. I wish you were both here to go trout fishing with me I have caught about 25 since I came. They are not biting very good yet as feed is very plenty on the river. Mr. Burite has 13 little colts this summer and he branded 60 calves so you see his live stock is increasing. You asked which I like best Colorado or Texas I think Colorado is the finest state of all and I like better this summer than I did last. Yes I am getting fatter than ever. Last Sunday I weighed 170 pounds. I have nothing more to tell you this time so I will close. Remember me to your papa and mamma. Write soon Your cousin Stanley. The six letters have about 2800 words with descriptions of a cattle "round-up" and calf branding Colorado Statehood activities the Denver Mint etc. He also describes perilous rides and says "I rode along gulches where if a horse would make a misstep I would have fallen hundreds of feet." The letters and their envelopes are in very good condition. Written by Stanley Howard, 1907 - 1908. hardcover
50746Oklahoma City: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1985. 1985. BRONZE WRANGLER AWARD. Wrangler bronze 13" x 9 1/2" x 4 3/4" overall on a 1 3/4" wood base complete with a 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" brass plague. The bronze is signed by "R. Muno" and weighs almost ten pounds. The brass plague is inscribed: "Western Heritage Wrangler Award / National Cowboy Hall Of Fame and Western Heritage Center / Ben Johnson Narrator / 'THE DREAM' / Outstanding Special Short Feature Award 1985." The Bronze Wrangler is an award presented annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum at the Western Heritage Awards to honor the top works in Western music film television and literature. Provenance: Ben Johnson estate. Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. June 13 1918 - April 8 1996 was an American film and television actor stuntman and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Tall and laconic Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship. The son of a rancher Johnson arrived in Hollywood to deliver a consignment of horses for a film. He did stunt-double work for several years before breaking into acting with the help of John Ford. An elegiac portrayal of a former cowboy theater owner in the 1950s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show won Johnson the 1971 Academy Award BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Johnson also operated a horse-breeding ranch throughout his career. Although he said he had succeeded by sticking to what he knew shrewd real estate investments made Johnson worth an estimated $100 million by his later years. He was an actor from 1939 until 1996 and is the only true cowboy to have won an Academy Award. The film The Dream was directed by Joe Pytka born November 4 1938 an American film television commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Commercials. Pytka gets a call from a new agency in Minneapolis to do a short film for U.S. West a telephone company and the idea was a 'teaser' film of cowboys saddling their horses at predawn. The art director was Pat Burnham and the writer was Bill Miller. Pytka asks whether or not they have the account. Told no simply the current assignment Pytka says "Let's do something big!" Pytka had been filming Busch Beer commercials for a number of years and was familiar with locations and cowboys. He also knew that the number of convincing cowboy actors in Hollywood was extremely limited. He needed to get away from Los Angeles where he knew a great cowboy that had a great hat. "Cowboys are defined by their hats and boots . The thing should be realistic. Real cowboys. Real horses . There are horses and there are horses. For example a cowboy wouldn't be caught dead on a paint horse." The short film was shot mostly in Monument Valley with a select few real cowboys as that is their home. Most amazing to Pytka was how the cowboys and their horses are completely as one. The film was shot and almost everything done in a single day. By some stroke of good fortune the agency has gotten the great cowboy actor Ben Johnson to record the narration. In the session Johnson remarked that we'd gotten some real cowboys there a huge compliment since he was a real wrangler before he discovered that he could make more money in Hollywood than in Oklahoma. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1985. unknown
