... I'd say it's a photo from the mid to late 1940s.
Cowboys The guy on the back left side looks like he has on a military ... Advises "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys."
Young man ... I think they are about to break into a chorus of ...
... U in 1939. A few examples below. - Dave]
Cowboys This photo is fantastic! Thanks, Dave!
Cowboys It really does look like a movie still.
Cowboy Guitar That ...
... any proper teacups made of china, would you?"
Real cowboys And not a six gun in sight.
Early iron supplement You see, kids, back in the old days cowboys had to cook a horseshoe in their stew to get their daily requirement. ...
... The reason these guys look like dudes instead of real cowboys is because real cowboys would never wear these adult versions of the old Sears catalog Boys' ...
January 1942. "Fort Worth, Texas. View of Main Street and Tarrant County Courthouse." Last glimpsed here . Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The slow(cow)poke's way to town Quite a sig ...
I am in the front and my brother behind me, on a long-suffering photo pony, in Gulfport, Mississippi, circa 1952. Actually, I have always been a Gene Autry fan. View full size.
Hoppy Nice Hopalong Cassidy setup! This is a wonderful pict ...
... Whew!!
I wasn't a big Roy Rogers fan (no singing cowboys for me), but I did get a Christmas present of that very gun and holster ... gun mysteriously morphed into a broken Gene Autry model. Cowboys weren't a big deal when my son was little, so all those mementos have ...
June 1939. Big Horn County, Montana. "Cowhands singing after day's work. Quarter Circle U Ranch roundup." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Somebody tell me that's n ...
On the right, my grandfather, Albert W. Perkins, b. 1890, a real working cowboy, taken we think in 1918. His friend to the right is unnamed. Taken in Nebraska. View full size.
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January 1942. "Cowboys and Indians" at the Farm Security Administration camp elementary school ... Tex. View full size. Photo by Arthur Rothstein.
Cowboys & Indians Try that now and they'd be in jail and the school ... innocent ...
Sides Can't figure out which are the cowboys and which are the Indians.
Times Change Kids playing with toy ...
... dispenser is a pretty neat idea.
Hard-working REAL cowboys This reminds me of many days I have spent bringing visitors (who wanted to see real working cowboys) to visit the Okla. City Stockyards which I'm sure are similar to those ...
... a light bulb inside that let you bake a cake. -Dave]
Cowboys and Indians Yes, this brings back memories for me too ... I distinctly remember my grandmother giving me a Cowboys and Indians plastic set complete with a fence like this one (although ...
... bought me a Daisy Red Ryder for my birthday. Played Cowboys and Indians and S.W.A.T. was never called. Grew up to be a productive ... team members.
I hate guns now, but I played "Army" and cowboys and Indians with them all the time during the early 50's. Once, after ...
Circa 1901. "A group of Texas cowboys." Including the nattily attired gent from the chuck wagon scene. Photo ... a month and a half, there will be a whole slew of Texas Cowboys decending upon my beloved Houston for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It wouldn't be surprising if there will be a few cowboys and cowgirls akin to these Cowpokes in this lovely photo attending the ...
... horses comprising the famous 'cowboy troop' [or 'West Side Cowboys'] whose function it has been for years to ride ahead of the puffing ... streets. - Dave]
About that cowboy Calling them "cowboys" was the railroad's attempt at being polite. The locals called them ...