Cowboy in studio pose kneeling with two revolvers beside a hat – Historic Print
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Cowboy in studio pose kneeling with two revolvers beside a hat comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Cowboy in studio pose kneeling with two revolvers beside a hat
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A cowboy kneels in a studio set with a pair of revolvers laid out in front of him, the hat resting nearby as a prop that signals the Western genre at a glance. Images like this were staged for publicity and promotional use, when studios relied on posed stills to sell their films and their stars to audiences. The Movies & Film category on this board covers many such portraits from the silent and early sound eras, when Westerns were among the most popular genres in American cinema. Because the pose is so deliberate, the picture rewards close looking at the costume details, the lighting and the way the composition frames the gun and hat as a shorthand for the frontier.
| Original scan | 5,493 × 4,428 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 19460u |
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