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[Cowboys hobbling horses] – Antique Wall Art

[Cowboys hobbling horses], c1906. — historic photograph
[Cowboys hobbling horses], c1906.. 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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A window into the past: [Cowboys hobbling horses], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Two cowboys work at the business end of a cattle outfit's remuda, stopping their horses' feet so the animals can graze without wandering off. Hobbling was a routine chore on western ranges in the early 1900s, when many ranch horses ran loose on open grass and had to be gathered each morning from wherever they had scattered overnight. The loose strap or rope tied between a horse's front legs kept it from moving far, and the cowboy who set it had to balance speed with care so the animal would not be injured. The photograph is a copyright deposit from around 1906, one of many Western working scenes registered in that decade, and it records a daily task that rarely appears in later Western imagery.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH567691 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsCowboys--1900-1910. Horse herding--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-185036

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