Print reproduces Peter Hurd's painting: Night rodeo. Depicts rider on bull at a nighttime rodeo; bull and rider in foreground; stands and people in middle-ground; night sky and lights in background
Description:
Title from caption below image., Signed within image in lower left: Peter Hurd, NA., and In 1954 the California Brewing Company of San Francisco gifted "Night Rodeo" by Peter Hurd (1904-1984) to the Salinas Public Library. The painting was one of a series commissioned by the California Brewing Company of San Francisco to depict "the spirit and flavor of the West."
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. and Captions inscribed in the images.
Publisher:
Newman Photo
Subject (Geographic):
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) and Speedway Park (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Photographs of a rodeo, probably taken around 1900, including a series depicting a cowboy starting off a steer, catching him, roping him, making a tie, and having the tie inspected by the rodeo judges, with spectators in stands in the background. There are also several photographs of cowboys riding in a parade in an unidentified town, possibly Los Angeles, and a single studio portrait of a man in buckskin with a lariat
The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Subject (Name):
Dakota Indians and Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Sports, and Rodeos
