The Lincoln signature above is pretty awesome. On a somewhat different note, I collect items relating to very early organized rodeo...generally pre-1920 (deadball rodeo!). Programs, original photos, pinbacks, signed items (very rare, not often found), significant postcards (a subset of this is postcards sent from an event, say Cheyenne Frontier Days or Pendleton, with written content from the sender relating to rodeo attended). A few of my favorites...apologies in advance for the highly random quality of the photos:
1902 Festival of Mountain and Plain pinback:
1903 Cheyenne Frontier Days pin:
1908 Cheyenne Frontier Days program, with day sheet:
1911 E.L. Powers Pendleton Round-Up pinback:
1921 1st edition of Charles Wellington Furlong's 'Let Er' Buck' signed by LH Hamley, son of Hamley Saddlery founder:
Postal cover signed by Leonard Stroud...rodeo star of the 1910's-20's:
Signed note from Ralph Russell Doubleday on the back of one of his postcards. Doubleday was THE pioneer of early rodeo photography:
James Mattas (maker) saddle, Rawlins, Wyoming, circa 1910:
Finally, to tie this together with pre-war baseball, not my photo, but this is Tris Speaker with Bonnie McCarroll, the premiere superstar cowgirl of the 20's, in 1921. Apparently Tris was a rodeo fan:
Thanks for the indulgence! It's not often I get a chance to show this stuff off...
Ray
05-14-2010, 11:51 AM
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