Feb 25, 2016 - Sale 2406

Sale 2406 - Lot 238

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RODEO)
Group of 31 photographs of rodeo events in Seattle, Washington. With scenes showing all-American cowboys performing various stunts including trick riding, calf roping, bronco riding, bull riding, bulldogging, and bareback riding, while excited spectators perch atop fences and watch from the bleachers. Most photographed by a local commercial photographer, Allen W. Tropple. Silver prints, approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with one measuring 5x7 inches (12.7x17.8 cm.), most with the photographer's hand stamp and date stamps, and a few with captions identifying the specific riders, date, and location, in ink, on verso. 1944-45

Additional Details

A number of the photographs are from a rodeo event held on the day that World War II ended.