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Post by bigwoolie on Aug 29, 2019 20:52:56 GMT -5
Found this old picture tonight of a cowboy smoking a pipe. Cigarettes were first introduce to the anglos by Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) from below the border, but before the new fad eventually caught on, pipes were very prevalent among working cowboys.  |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Aug 29, 2019 21:07:50 GMT -5
I love old pictures. Thank you for sharing.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 29, 2019 21:27:40 GMT -5
Yeah...they all looked tough as nails and hard as leather.
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Post by puffy on Aug 29, 2019 21:30:38 GMT -5
That's a nice looking pipe.
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Post by monbla256 on Aug 29, 2019 21:38:38 GMT -5
Neat pic ! Wonder if he's smoking a Dunhill ? 
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 22:45:47 GMT -5
White Hat . . . he must of been a good guy.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 30, 2019 12:14:41 GMT -5
Notice that he's ostracized from the group? Are those Indians on the left?
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Post by desolbones on Aug 30, 2019 12:32:02 GMT -5
Looks like a store bought shirt, hat has what appears to be a pencil roll brim, bent pipe wasn't carved at a camp fire, tack looks to be upgraded. My guess is he's an Aggie (Boss) in the 1920s?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 12:57:45 GMT -5
I think he is smoking mixture 79 so they made him go off by himself in shame. Sure looks like New Mexico.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 14:03:23 GMT -5
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Post by bigwoolie on Aug 30, 2019 15:54:00 GMT -5
Notice that he's ostracized from the group? Are those Indians on the left? No, it's more cowboys. He's pulling a glove on his right hand, his lariat looks like a sure-enough rawhide riata, those are knots on the headstall, so that rig is braided rawhide, and those reins are romel. The swells on the saddle make me think it's Visalia, and his chaps are batwing with a pocket. All-in-all, it's the southwest working rig of a top hand. The hat itself is early 1900's, maybe 1920's? Very well could be New Mexico, but my guess would be Arizona. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 30, 2019 16:04:20 GMT -5
 My family came to Louisiana in 1785, they were hunters, trappers, cattlemen, running catting in the marsh, they say they might had of been the first cowboys, don’t know about that, but horses are in a Cajuns blood whether it be racing or cattle, in high school we used to help the local cattlemen round up twice a yr, you want crazy, here’s a Bramaha that got a cloud of mosquitoes so thick it can’t hardly breathe. Anybody who makes his living around horses, cattle is special, no bull💩 just special in my book. Dwayne you have my respect.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 30, 2019 16:13:19 GMT -5
 My Great grandfather on my grandmothers side, first class mule breeder, people came from Texas to buy his mules.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 16:27:24 GMT -5
You look a lot like him Brad.
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Post by Low and Slow on Aug 30, 2019 17:07:23 GMT -5
Notice that he's ostracized from the group? Are those Indians on the left? No, it's more cowboys. He's pulling a glove on his right hand, his lariat looks like a sure-enough rawhide riata, those are knots on the headstall, so that rig is braided rawhide, and those reins are romel. The swells on the saddle make me think it's Visalia, and his chaps are batwing with a pocket. All-in-all, it's the southwest working rig of a top hand. The hat itself is early 1900's, maybe 1920's? Very well could be New Mexico, but my guess would be Arizona. Answered like a true horseman! Great pic, thanks for sharing! |
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Post by kxg on Aug 30, 2019 18:06:51 GMT -5
We've also got to remember that back in the day, photographs weren't taken haphazardly, they were usually at least somewhat posed, given the equipment available at the time. No smart phone photos back then!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 30, 2019 18:26:46 GMT -5
No, it's more cowboys. He's pulling a glove on his right hand, his lariat looks like a sure-enough rawhide riata, those are knots on the headstall, so that rig is braided rawhide, and those reins are romel. The swells on the saddle make me think it's Visalia, and his chaps are batwing with a pocket. All-in-all, it's the southwest working rig of a top hand. The hat itself is early 1900's, maybe 1920's? Very well could be New Mexico, but my guess would be Arizona.
Great pic, thanks for sharing!You sure know your stuff, Dewayne...not sure many of us could work as hard as those men did (speaking only for myself) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 19:48:46 GMT -5
Don't forget there were many African American cowboys although they get little mentioned or represented in the old cowboys movies. Clint Eastwood in the movie Unforgiven is one the few westerns that shows this.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 30, 2019 21:47:39 GMT -5
And a commendable heritage it is Dewayne, you are living a life that is remarkable in the times that we live, I admit to being envious.
As time permits, get Ralph Moody’s books and read to the grandkids, or if on a long trip, get the audio version... his timeline is right between the fenceposts of where you figure the picture comes from.
Chronologically, I think that “Little britches” was the first book, but don’t take my word for it.
Great books, and a realistic view of what times were like...and it provides a lot of sidebar discussions on teachable moments of what is really important in what we call life’s journey.
If you are so inclined, check out abebooks.com for cheap secondhand printed copies.
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My family came to Louisiana in 1785, they were hunters, trappers, cattlemen, running catting in the marsh, they say they might had of been the first cowboys, don’t know about that, but horses are in a Cajuns blood whether it be racing or cattle, in high school we used to help the local cattlemen round up twice a yr, you want crazy, here’s a Bramaha that got a cloud of mosquitoes so thick it can’t hardly breathe. Anybody who makes his living around horses, cattle is special, no bull💩 just special in my book. Dwayne you have my respect.
