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Cowboy standing in saddle on horse, Newton, Mass. – Vintage Print

Cowboy standing in saddle on horse, Newton, Mass., 1908 — historic photograph
Cowboy standing in saddle on horse, Newton, Mass., 1908. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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This historic photograph of Cowboy standing in saddle on horse, Newton, Mass. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Cowboy standing in saddle on horse, Newton, Mass.

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A cowboy standing upright in the saddle of his horse is the focus of this picture, taken in Newton, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb, in 1908. Standing in the saddle was a staple of trick riding, a skill that Wild West shows and rodeo performers turned into crowd-pleasing spectacle in the early twentieth century. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with news and feature photographs on glass plates. The title came from caption information the agency recorded, so the occasion behind the photograph is not documented.

Created / published1908
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan949 × 724 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-3492

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