Two Photographs Documenting Cattle Branding

HARTWELL & SON [PHOTOGRAPHER, LARAMIE, WYOMING]

Publication: Hartwell & Son Photographers, n d (ca 1888), Laramie

Two 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" albumen photographic cabinet cards. The first image is of a cowboy branding a roped cow with a saddled horse standing by keeping the rope tight to hold the cow. The second image shows four cowboys, two on horseback and two on foot. The cowboys are roping a cow in a corral with two other cowboys and cattle in the background. The handle of the branding iron is visible at the lower left hand corner. Images somewhat faded and lightly soiled else in very good condition. Not in Mautz.

Inventory Number: 50535