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West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards

 Collection — Pamphlet-binder 1: [Barcode: 31275058603441]
Identifier: 7148
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...
Dates: circa 1890s

Dick Jones Picture Co. Charles M. Russell prints

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053948247]
Identifier: 6152
Abstract 11 prints of paintilgs by Charles M. Russell: The Strenuous Life; The Mad Cow; Cowboy Sport; The Cinch Ring; A Serious Predicament; Capturing the Grizzly; A Bronc to Breakfast; The SLick Ear; Jerked Down; Sagebrush Sport; Heads or Tails. Of the 11, 9 include attribution to the Dick Jones Picture Company. Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) was, along with Frederick Remington, the best-known painter of the American West during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. The Dick Jones Picture Company...
Dates: circa 1930s

Standard Oil Company "See Your West" Scenic Views collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6155
Abstract This small collection consists of photographic prints depicting scenes in the western United States and Canada distributed by Standard Oil Company through Standard and Chevron gas stations. Beginning in 1938, the Standard Oil Company began distributing annually 25 collectible photographic prints of scenes in the Western United States and Canada through its Standard and Chevron gas stations. These prints, part of the "See Your West" advertising campaign, were distributed free of charge to...
Dates: circa 1940