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Series 1: Photographs, circa 1904 - 1929Series 2: Printings, undated - 1986

• Series 1: Photographs, circa 1904 - 1929

  25 photographs depicting early 1900s cowboy life

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    Barcode: 703164

    • Folder 1: Photographs Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 1: The Matador Boys at Roaring Springs, circa 1909 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Title written in pencil on back. "Copyright by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas" printed on back.

      • Item 2: Cowboy on horseback chasing cattle through a field, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Esther Huston" written in pencil on back

      • Item 3: Horse saddle on wooden saddle stand, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 4: Cowhands guiding a herd of cattle, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 5: Cowboys "tailing down" a cow, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 6: [Edwin Sanders having trouble with "Puddin'Foot"], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Edwin Sanders, cousin of the photographer, Erwin E. Smith, having trouble with 'Puddin'Foot' a Percheron cross on a Spanish mare-a horse that was bad and could shake the best riders. One of a series of photographs. ED Ranch, near Crowell, Texas"

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 7: [Cowhands pulling a wagon up a canyon], 1907 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Cowhands Pulling the Chuck Wagon out of a Bad Place while the Outfit Trails out of the Canyon"

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of Art

      • Item 8: [The Usual Morning Fight], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "The Usual Morning Fight [Edwin Sanders Having Trouble with Puddin' Foot, a Percheron Cross on a Spanish Mare], ED Ranch, Crowell, Texas"

        Source: Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer by Byron Price

      • Item 9: [Edwin Sanders dragging a beef in for butchering], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Edwin Sanders dragging a beef in for butchering in bitterly cold weather; this type of storm is usually referred to as a 'blue norther'. ED Ranch, near Crowell, Texas."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 10: [Edwin Sanders and his horse taking a break], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Edwin Sanders dipping a drink with the rolled brim of his hat while his mount and packhorse stand nearby. ED Ranch, near Crowell, Texas." "Grabbing water" written in pencil on back.

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 11: [Foreman and three cowboys riding on Three Circles Ranch], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Foreman of the Three Circles Ranch in the lead followed by three cowboys out riding over the range. Edwin Sanders, cousin to the photographer, at extreme right. Three Circles Ranch, Texas."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 12: [George Patullo ready to ride], 1908 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "George Pattullo in his tenderfoot days, mounted and ready to ride the Texas plains. JA Ranch, Texas."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 13: A cowhand and spectators watch a cowboy on a horse, circa 1920-1935 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "[unknown word] Frank Bradford" written in pencil on back

      • Item 14: [First Monday Trade Day in Bonham, Texas], circa 1911 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "First Monday Trade Day in Bonham, when farmers and ranchers brought goods and livestock to trade in the City Square."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 15: [Buggy on the range], circa 1908-1909 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Buggy on the range. Three Block Ranch, New Mexico."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 16: Cowboys riding near roundup camp, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 17: [Claud Jefferies working with an outlaw], 1905 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Claud Jefferies working with an outlaw in the Matador corrals. Matador Ranch, Texas."

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 18: Cowboy cut out against the skyline, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Title written in pencil on back of photo

      • Item 19: [Studio shot of Erwin E. Smith], circa 1904 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Studio shot - Erwin E. Smith  in western dress seated"

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 20: Ranchers in town with their livestock for trade day, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      • Item 21: [Bust of American Horse], circa 1908 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Source: Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer by Byron Price

      • Item 22: [Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief, with three wives], 1910 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Quanah Parker, Comache Chief, and three of his seven wives somewhere in the Southwest." "Sparkman" written in pencil on back.

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 23: [Ruth Roach, a female rodeo performer], 1920s Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 24: Tommy Douglas and his mule, Mande, 1919 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Title written in pencil on back of photo. Photograph given by John Stryker. Note written in pencil on back reads, "Not in any contest but sent for your pleasure - Stryker, Kearney, Nebr."

  • Item 25: Henry Patten, old time cowpuncher with the Three Block Outfit, New Mexico, 1929 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Framed photograph of Henry Patten, an old time cowpuncher with the Three Block Outfit in New Mexico, playing a violin in front of a stone fireplace. A rifle hangs on the wall above the mantle, lined with a gas lamp and various bottles.

    A note on the back reads "Hand written on the print 'Henry Patten, old time cowpuncher with the Three Block Outfit, New Mexico, Copyright by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas,' written in hand by Erwin Smith. Appears on the cover of 'The Cattleman' magazine, Sept 1929."

    The photograph appears on the cover of "The Cattleman" magazine, September 1929 issue, Vol. XVI, No. 4, a copy of which is attached to the back of the frame.

    Barcode: 703165

• Series 2: Printings, undated - 1986

  8 printed works and 5 postcards

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    Barcode: 703164

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      • Item 26: [Erwin Smith's Room as a Teenager in Bonham, Texas.], circa 1907 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        From a gelatin silver print. Smith's photographs of Gladys Harry (right) and Albert Smith (left) sit atop this dressing table.

        Source: Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer by Bryron Price

      • Item 27: [Interior shot with Native American bust], circa 1905-1915 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "Interior shot (of Erwin E. Smith's apartment or room?) with a Native American bust." Cyanotype on paper.

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 28: [A few horses scattered about a West Texas landscape], 1907 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        "A few horses scattered about a West Texas landscape, a mare separated by a barbed wire fence from a colt. At LS Ranch, Texas." Cyanotype on paper.

        Source: Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      • Item 29: [Edwin Sanders and the Foreman of the Three Circles Ranch Throw a Diamond Hitch on a Pack Animal, Three Circles Ranch, Texas], 1906 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Cyanotype on paper.

        Source: Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer by Byron Price

      • Item 30: [A cowboy stands with a rifle beside his horse], undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Cyanotype on paper

      • Item 31: "Come and Git It!", 1908 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Postcard. [Cowpunchers "Hightailing It in to Chuck," with One Horse Pitching on Extreme Left], Three Block Ranch, New Mexico. "Esther Huston" written in pencil on back.

        Source: Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer by Byron Price

      • Item 32A: Chief Wolf Robe Cheyenne, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Photo on postcard by Native American photographer, Frank A. Rinehart. "Copyrighted 1903, F. A. Rinehart, Ohama, Neb." is printed below the photo. "Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas" is addressed on back.

      • Item 32B: Chase-in-the-Morning, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Photo on postcard by Native American photographer, Frank A. Rinehart. "Copyrighted 1903, F. A. Rinehart, Ohama, Neb." is printed below the photo. "Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas" is addressed on back.

      • Item 32C: Clear, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Photo on postcard by Native American photographer, Frank A. Rinehart. "Copyrighted 1903, F. A. Rinehart, Ohama, Neb." is printed below the photo. "Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas" is addressed on back.

      • Item 32D: Yellow Wolf, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Photo on postcard by Native American photographer, Frank A. Rinehart. "Copyrighted 1903, F. A. Rinehart, Ohama, Neb." is printed below the photo. "Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas" is addressed on back.

      • Item 33: "With an Old Box Camera, Erwin E. Smith Captured The West on Film for Posterity", undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Copy of a newspaper clipping featuring the article, "With an Old Box Camera, Erwin E. Smith Captured The West on Film for Posterity," by Virgina Allred. Newspaper publication unknown.

      • Item 34: Program - Dedication of Official Grave Marker - Erwin Evans Smith, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Program for Erwin E. Smith's Official Texas Historical Grave Marker dedication ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery in his hometown of Honey Grove, Texas.

      • Item 35: Program - Exhibit: "A Sure Enough Cowboy - The Photographs of Erwin Smith", 1986 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

        Program for the Erwin E. Smith exhibit, "A Sure Enough Cowboy - The Photographs of Erwin Smith," at the Sherman Historical Museum in Sherman, Texas, from August 3 - September 21, 1986.