19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards
Scope and Contents
Six embossed chromolithograph postcards depicting cowgirls on horseback firing guns, lassoing, and galloping. One of the six postcards depicts a cowboy with a lasso. The postcards are vibrantly colored and show a cowgirl with long hair and a skirt, donning bandoliers, rifles, and pistols. Wild horses and cattle are featured in the background. One postcard features a cowgirl firing her revolver with a muzzle flash emitting from the pistol as the horse rears back. Embossed chromolithographs were popular in the late 19th century. The postcards in this collection were created circa the 1890s.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (1 pamphlet binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Max Rambod Inc., August 7, 2023.
Physical Description
Six embossed chromolithograph postcards measuring 3.5 by 5.5 inches.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the 19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub -- with collection-level notes adapted from the seller, Max Rambod Inc.
- Date
- 2023 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu