First day, Pendleton Round Up, Oregon, 1911 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of First day, Pendleton Round Up, Oregon, 1911. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: First day, Pendleton "Round Up", 1911
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First day, Pendleton Round Up, Oregon, 1911
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Pendleton, Oregon, was a wheat-shipping and wool town on the Umatilla River in 1911, and its Round-Up was only a year or two old. Local business leaders had started the rodeo in 1910 to celebrate the eastern Oregon ranching and farming economy, and the railroad that ran through town carried grain and livestock out to market. This photograph records the opening day of the 1911 event, when cowboys, ranch hands, and visitors filled the grandstands and the arena. Many of the riders came from the surrounding ranches, and the Umatilla Indian Reservation lay close by, so the crowds mixed ranchers, townspeople, and tribal families. Residents of the time would have known the Round-Up as their town's big annual event, one that drew attention well beyond the county.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | marcell, m. b. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 728 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | First day, Pendleton "Round Up", 1911 |
| Reference | OR 1911 First day, Pendleton Round Up |
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