Much of early Americana has been destroyed and lost forever. But occasionally, and almost miraculously, some parts of its survive. So it is with the photographs in this book. Saved from an ignominious end in the city dump, they chronicle and enliven the cowboy's life on the range. The result is a beautiful volume of real-life images of western cattlemen. These unretouched photographs taken from the original 5" x 7" negatives give an unprecedented look at life on the ranch and trail. We are presented with real people seen on the job. We see the costumes, the work, the everyday necessities of the range. And as the cowboys stare back at the camera or work with one another, the reader will get the sense of knowing them and their way of living. This is an important volume of history that every student of the Old West will cherish.
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John Eggen grew up on a homestead in South Dakota. At the time there was still open range and he had the experience of riding herd when he was a child. He studied photography with Ansel Adams, and operated a photography studio in Lebanon, Oregon for 32 years.
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This and a companion book, "Cowboys", are full of photos taken in 1903 on a large ranch at Hugo, CO. founded by Wm. T. Holt. The pictures involved three ranches, The Holt, the Field, and the Barker. The ranch land at that time still had large areas of open range, and the cattlemen still held roundups. The pictures were all taken within a short span of time by a professional photographer, Frank Sherman, whose brothers worked on this ranch as cowboys. One of them was the foreman. Frank had a photography studio in Colorado Springs. The pictures depict a real roundup.
The photographer took over 300 pictures on 5x7 glass negatives. During the days of Frank's project President Teddy Roosevelt came through Hugo on a train. The cowboys set up the chuck wagon at the station, and fed Roosevelt breakfast. There are pictures of this event in "Cowboys". But for sheer luck these photos would have ended up in the city dump at Lebanon, Oregon. The house that Frank lived in in later life was being sold in 1966 by the then owner. She called John Eggen, a local photographer, and asked if he wanted some old boxes of glass negatives. He went out and got them. They are a treasure trove for anyone interested in the way old time cowboys really lived. Buy both of these books. I did.
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