Finding aid for the 19th century cowgirl and cowboy postcards 7148

Bo Doub -- with collection-level notes adapted from the seller, Max Rambod Inc.

USC Libraries Special Collections

2023 October

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

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Contributing Institution: 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 .

Container: 1

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.

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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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Max Rambod Inc., August 7, 2023.

Preferred Citation

[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