A couple of old photos of cowboys.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:21 am

I seldom see an old cabinet photo of cowboy with a 1894 Marlin. I can't see the boots well enough to tell much about this fellow. The other one is just a neat photo.

gunslinger598 · Post by **gunslinger598** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:31 am

I liked those.

Thanks for sharing

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:35 am

those are neat pics.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:37 am

I like the guy on horse back. He really looks genuine. The posed photo just looks fake to me.
Actually that revolver and holster looks a lot like the one in the previous pic you posted. Photographers prop???

Joe

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:56 am

I like the old photo's of cowboys. The flat brim hats, cross draws and other accoutrements. It surprises me how many of the old work saddles had tapaderos on them. Neat, keep'em coming.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:59 am

rangerider7 wrote:

FT Sill, OT. That one's been around a while...

Are these yours? Where do you keep finding these neat old pics? My old pic collection runs more to the military side of things but old pics in general are very cool to me.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:27 pm

kimwcook,

What's a tapadero?

Joe

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:00 pm

J Miller wrote:kimwcook,

What's a tapadero?

Joe

It's a covered stirrup. kept the brush and stuff out.

Cool photos!!!

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:09 pm

neat photos

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:26 pm

Cool photos - thanks for posting!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:51 pm

J Miller wrote:I like the guy on horse back. He really looks genuine. The posed photo just looks fake to me.
Actually that revolver and holster looks a lot like the one in the previous pic you posted. Photographers prop???

Joe

I agree about the 'portrait' style photos - it seems you can't ever tell who is a genuine outdoorsman vs. someone pretending to be. I tend to go by how scruffy they look, but I also know some were very eager to spiff up for a photo, so some genuine outdoorsmen may come across looking fake due to that.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:18 am

Nice photos n' thanks for posting

!The gent posing with the 1894 looks clean like a "green horn"eastern tourist

!

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue May 27, 2008 2:26 am

AJMD429 wrote: I agree about the 'portrait' style photos - it seems you can't ever tell who is a genuine outdoorsman vs. someone pretending to be. I tend to go by how scruffy they look, but I also know some were very eager to spiff up for a photo, so some genuine outdoorsmen may come across looking fake due to that.

I would think that maybe a bath, shave and new duds might induce a trail hand to have his photo taken, with props, trying to look his best for the folks back home, not knowing that we would prefer the before rather than the after look!

I love old photo's thanks for sharing.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:05 am

I was reading a book on the old west and the author mentioned that after a cattle drive was over, a lot of cowboys would be paid, buy some new duds, get a bath, and have their picture taken.

What I find interesting is the number of old photos that seem to be of real riders/cowboys/texas rangers that show the fellows wearing their sixgun in a cross draw position. This may just be me, but I've found with my long-barreled (8") sixgun, that it is just all around more comfortable to wear it in cross draw. In that position, the barrel seems to stay out of the way regardless of what I'm doing, and I find it easier to draw.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:10 am

Are those shoes, the fella in the studio pic's wearing ?............. Or, are my eyes going to pot ?

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:54 am

I just couldn't see the footwear well enough to tell. If they are shoes then he's probably a wannabe. His other clothes fit so well though it makes me think they may be his. I guess a wild west show trick shooter could be wearing shoes. That's what makes looking at these old photos so much fun. Some of the photos I put own are mine; some I find on the Internet. These I don't own but would like to.

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:01 am

The "Buckskin Stallion" picture came from a studio in Albany, Indiana?

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:10 am

game keeper wrote:
AJMD429 wrote: I agree about the 'portrait' style photos - it seems you can't ever tell who is a genuine outdoorsman vs. someone pretending to be. I tend to go by how scruffy they look, but I also know some were very eager to spiff up for a photo, so some genuine outdoorsmen may come across looking fake due to that.
I would think that maybe a bath, shave and new duds might induce a trail hand to have his photo taken, with props, trying to look his best for the folks back home, not knowing that we would prefer the before rather than the after look!

I love old photo's thanks for sharing.

+1 You see this in old photos of men who were not just dandies who were pretending, but were known to be serious lawmen or cowboys. No doubt some of the items were stage props from the photographers in some photos. I have seen photos of Cowboys wearing shoes, but only while sitting on the front porch of ranch/bunkhouses.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:14 am

Yes that is whats on the card, Albany Indiana. I don't know but some photographers traveled around the country to bring the West back to the east. This might be the explanation. I have seen this happening before.

furrow · Post by **furrow** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:18 am

I would think that that his hands and face should be
really tan. Not the forehead as it was covered. This
guy is just too pale.

Chris

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:18 am

Where the heck are my manners?! Thanks for sharing these Rangerider!

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:50 am

Thank you for the informationa and all the pictures you've shared. Isn't wonderful how a moment in time can be captured?

Pathfinder09 · Post by **Pathfinder09** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:58 am

Great pics. Here is a modern day cowboy.

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:00 am

Elmer Keith mentioned that he and many other guys when working cattle would slide their pistol over to the left side to keep it out of the way of the rope. It also makes drawing without attracting attention easier while mounted.

I blew this pic up, it sort of looks like the rider has another pistol, also worn cross draw. It looked like a belt buckle at first, but it seems to stick out too much for a buckle based on his build.

A couple of old photos of cowboys.

A couple of old photos of cowboys.

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