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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: 19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards
Identifier/Call Number: 7148
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3433
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear Feet
1 pamphlet binder
Date (inclusive): circa 1890s
Physical Description: Six embossed chromolithograph postcards measuring 3.5 by 5.5 inches.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
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.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Max Rambod Inc., August 7, 2023.
[Box/folder no. or item name], 19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards, Collection no. 7148, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cowboys -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Cowgirls -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Archival resources
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Women -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Chromolithographs
Picture postcards
Postcards