Photographic postcards of The Stampede, Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New York

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Title: Photographic postcards of The Stampede, Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New York
Creator: Newman Photo
Published / Created: 1916, August 5-12.
Publication Place: S.l.
Publisher: Newman Photo
Abstract: Photographic postcards created by Newman Photo documenting The Stampede, a competitive tournament of cowboy skills at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New York, August 5-12, 1916. Images include action shots of individual male and female competitors riding horses, steers, and buffalos, in addition to bulldogging bulls. Individuals identified in images include Tillie Baldwin (the former Anna Matilda Winger Slate), A. J. Carrell, Jesse Coates, Prairie Rose Henderson (the former Ann Robins), Howard Lemmon, Henry Morris, Art Nash, Bill Robbins, Rufus Roland, Jack Thompson, Henry Warren, Wilkins Williams, in addition to African American cowboy Bill Pickett
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Captions inscribed in the images.
Provenance: Gift of William S. Reese (Yale 1977), 2003.
Extent: 26 photographs : 8.8 x 13.7 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note: Folder 4: "Jesse Coates [Cortes?] "piled" off a bareback bronk" No. 159, not digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Postcards
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Speedway Park (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Name): Baldwin, Tillie, 1888-1958.
Carrell, A. J.
Coates, Jesse.
Henderson, Prairie Rose.
Lemmon, Howard.
Morris, Henry, rodeo performer.
Nash, Art, rodeo performer.
Robbins, Bill, rodeo performer.
Roland, Rufus.
Pickett, Bill, ca. 1860-1932.
Thompson, Jack, rodeo performer.
Warren, Henry, rodeo performer.
Williams, Wilkins.
Newman Photo.
Stampede
Subject (Topic): African American cowboys
Cowboys
Cowgirls
Rodeos
Women in rodeos
Subjects: Baldwin, Tillie, 1888-1958
Carrell, A. J.
Coates, Jesse
Henderson, Prairie Rose
Lemmon, Howard
Morris, Henry, rodeo performer
Nash, Art, rodeo performer
Robbins, Bill, rodeo performer
Roland, Rufus
Pickett, Bill, ca. 1860-1932
Thompson, Jack, rodeo performer
Warren, Henry, rodeo performer
Williams, Wilkins
Newman Photo
Stampede (1916 : Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
African American cowboys
Cowboys
Cowgirls
Rodeos
Women in rodeos
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works
Speedway Park (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works

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Citation: Newman Photo, Photographic Postcards of The Stampede, Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New York. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.