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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Prom queen candidate Jean Riley of Green Bay (a.k.a. "Calamity Jean") appearing with two "bashful cowhands," who are singing on her behalf at the rally in ...
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing on a drum set at the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland. On the drum face is an image of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing cowboys with plastic tommy guns at Toyland, the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store.
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Ace of Clubs Dinner Menu

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Description: Menu with a green and cream striped front cover. On the insert for the Western Ranch Style Dinner is an illustration of a man in a cowboy hat, kerchief, an...
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Cowboy with Gun and Whip

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man dressed as a cowboy. He is aiming a gun in one hand and holding a whip in the other. Th...
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Playing Cowboys With Pistols

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Description: Two men crawl on their hands and knees while two other men sit atop them holding pistols. A dirt road, a fence, and foliage are in the background.
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Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: In the foreground Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford embrace at the foot of a grave. Behind them are three covered wagons, numerous men and women on horseback,...
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Cowboys at Indian Ranch House

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Description: Cowboys come in for dinner at an Indian Territory ranch house. Their horses wait near trees.
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George E. Thompson, as a Cowboy

Date: 1905
Description: George E. Thompson, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a cowboy. Pictured riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat. Part of a ye...
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Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
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Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
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Cowboys Standing in Front of the Ranch House

Date: 1908
Description: A group of men pose on horseback in front of the ranch house, with some men sitting in a the carriage. Behind the carriage are the outbuildings on the left...
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Quartet of singing cowboys at Blackhawk Country Club Western Ranch Party. Left to right: Dr. George Oosterhous, Dr. George Benson, Robert Lievan, John Ko...
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Attempting to Saddle a Horse

Date: 1908
Description: Four ranch hands in the process of saddling a horse. Two of the men have tied the legs together, one man is holding the nose and jaw area, while the fourth...
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Cowboy and Cowgirl

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of a cowgirl and cowboy on horseback. Their horses are facing each other as they look at the camera. A lake or river is in the background. Caption...
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Six Cowgirls on Their Horses

Date: 1908
Description: View across water toward six cowgirls on their horses, with their reflection in the water. Ranch outbuildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Cowgir...
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Dipping Cattle at Sandy Coulee

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Description: Elevated view from hill of a herd of cattle. A ranch hand monitors the cattle in the fenced section, while one man watches from outside the pen. In the bac...
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Branding Cattle on the Prairie

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Description: A group of ranch hands brand cattle. Two cows are being branded in the foreground, and three men are with the cow on the left. Four men are grouped around ...
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A "Hog-Tied" Buffalo

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Description: Many ranch hands posing in, and in front of, a barn, with a buffalo tied up on the ground. A woman and many children the second floor of the barn are looki...
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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...

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