Nice old photo. What do you think?

[rangerider7]

[Charles]

He is for sure and for certain a "rootin, tootin, sixgun totin" fancy dressed dandy dude.

[Pitchy]

Wish we could walk through town like that today , neat picture.

[Griff]

Army officer dressed up in "scout" garb.

[mod71alaska]

Wish we could walk through town like that today , neat picture.

You still can in Alaska. There are a lot of Minnesotans in Alaska, Pitchy!

[Pitchy]

Wish we could walk through town like that today , neat picture.

You still can in Alaska. There are a lot of Minnesotans in Alaska, Pitchy!

Used to be able to take a rife to school during huntin season, now ya feel like a criminal if ya walk down the dirt road carrying a gun.
Alaska , not sure i`d like it there, desert might be more my thing now days.
Anyway, doon`t want to hi-jack this thread.

[gamekeeper]

Who ever he was, he wasn't short of a Dollar or two.

[rodeo kid]

Sure is a weird place to carry your revolver. How would you ride a horse? Staged picture of a dude?

[Charles]

Rodeo.. All of his grear is twisted around, so the camera can get a good shot. I do note that is pretty tame, as he is wearing a wedding band. Not to usual in those days.

[Missouri Mule]

Is that RR7 in his younger days with a 'stache???

Fella looks comfortable in his clothes. Knife and pistol moved around front for the picture. Aside from the traveling background, looks like someone that has at least a little experience with the outdoors.

[L_Kilkenny]

The clothes, boots, holster, belt, knife sheath, guns, etc have about zero wear. I'm callin poser.

LK

[Hobie]

What interests me about the photo is the content. This is likely, since it is likely a "dude" to be the "best" available. Is that a Colt Lightning or Thunderer revolver? He has the rifle, not carbine, and is that a ROUND barrel rather than the more common octagonal barrel? What a neat sheath for that small bowie. Is that decorative stitching in the boots? Notice the mustache and hair length.

[wecsoger]

Respect the 'stache!'

Dude or not, neat picture. Keep 'em coming.

[Old Ironsights]

Wish we could walk through town like that today , neat picture.

You can in Wyoming. I know many who do.

[geobru]

Is that a ring on his left ring finger??

[Hobie]

Is that a ring on his left ring finger??

It looks like it to me. As somebody else pointed out, another sign that he's financially well off.

[FWiedner]

He looks comfortable in the clothes. The boots fit, the trousers and the jacket are the right size.

He may not be fresh off the trail, but I think he's been on it.

Looks like a reg'lar guy gettin' his picture took.

Maybe recollectin' his glory days.

[RIHMFIRE]

Its Dudley Do-Right get'n ready to go hunt'n.....with Elmer

[Malamute]

I'm always a bit suspicious when there's no cartridges in the loops, I'd guess its at least not his guns and rig. His loops are upside down from the way most use them also. Good picture tho.

[JerryB]

For studio clothes they sure do fit good, look at the way the boots fit his feet in front of the heel, they fit like a pair of handmade boots. Probably not a 30 dollar a month cowhand, wearing those boots.

[gundownunder]

I don't know if its just me or what, but in my entire life I've never seen a man hold a rifle like that, have seen a couple women do it though

[Ysabel Kid]

Wish we could walk through town like that today , neat picture.

+1 - society would be a lot more polite.

[66GTO]

I don't know if its just me or what, but in my entire life I've never seen a man hold a rifle like that, have seen a couple women do it though

I thought the same thing. To me it looks like he is holding a pencil. His hands look too soft to me to have spent much time doing real work.

[rangerider7]

The boots don't lie, they were made for him. The outfit makes me think he probably was with an "Wild West Show" some where. There were hundreds of them traveling all over the USA during the time this photo was taken. I would say the rifle is his, but the knife and Colt are not. No one in there right mind would put the cartridge belt upside down if he was familiar with it. That's just my 2 cents.

[Pitchy]

Here`s a couple similar photos taken from the book, Winchester and American Legend.
Hope ya don`t mind.
First one is John Nelson, driver of the Deadwood stage in Buffalo Bills wild west show,



This guy is unknown.

[Pitchy]

Rangerider7 ya might like this one, Texas Rangers, company D.
Standing second from the left is outlaw Bass latter killed in a gun fight.
Also notice the similar knives and sheaths some of the rangers are wearing compared to your first picture.
There are a few more ranger pics in the book if you`d like to see them.

[rangerider7]

Pitchy, yes I'm very familiar with the Texas Ranger photo. A friend of mind wrote the biography of Walter Durbin, the ranger seated 3rd from the right. All those rangers had interesting, some tragic, stories. Many of them are in a book titled "Texas Ranger Sketches" also written by Robert Stephens.

[Pitchy]

There`s another picture with Herb Carnes and John Hughes, if ya haven`t seen that one i`ll take a pic and post it.
As long as i have the camera going i`ll post that one more picture.