Kern County, Ca.: A Vaquero's Horse on Lakeside Ranch – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Kern County, Ca.: A Vaquero's Horse on Lakeside Ranch brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Kern County, Ca.: A Vaquero's Horse on Lakeside Ranch
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A lone vaquero and his horse on the Lakeside Ranch set this view apart from Carleton Watkins's better-known Sierra and Yosemite landscapes. Watkins was one of the most respected photographers of the American West, and his 1880s work recorded California's land and the enterprises that were settling it, including this Kern County scene of the working side of ranch country in the San Joaquin Valley. Vaqueros, the horsemen whose skills came from Spanish and Mexican ranching traditions, were central to cattle and horse work on ranches like this one. The details come from an old caption card and have not been fully verified, so the exact location and circumstances are worth reading with that caveat in mind.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo by Carleton Emmons Watkins. No. 103. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Horses...; Ca.--Kern Co.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,195 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131292 |
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