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Photograph of men herding cattle in a field

early 20th century

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of cowboys herding cattle. The cowboys are all on horseback with a large herd of cattle in the background. The prairie grass fills the foreground. In the bottom center of the photograph white handwritten text reads [6 Hearb Clark Boss]. On the back of the photograph the words [Sherfield Stock Ranch / Cowboys wild and [illegible] to care for afoot] are written at the top.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.35.2

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