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Description
Photograph of a drawing depicting vaqueros roping a steer at the mission San Jose de Guadalupe, ca.1849. A man clothed in bolero dress with a bandana tied around his head is pictured rearing back on his horse in the foreground, swinging his lasso behind him, while a second horseman leans his horse to the right, having already roped the feet of the steer between them. Cows are visible in the left background, with the mission buildings visible in the right background in front of mountains. Grass is pictured in the extreme foreground.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
Animals--Cattle Mission San Jose de Guadalupe Cattle Ranches Cattle trade Missions, Spanish San Jose de Guadalupe Mission Smyth, R.N., Captain Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1849
Place
California San Jose Santa Clara USA
Source
1-78-25; 1-135-32 [Microfiche number] 7716 [Accession number] CHS-7716 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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