Comic cowboy roping a calf, Cumberland, MD, 1907

Subjects: Comics & Humor Farm Animals
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Comic cowboy roping a calf, Cumberland, MD, 1907, Mr. Harry Miller, MD, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A comic cowboy scene shows a bald, mustachioed man in a white shirt and red trousers swinging a lasso at a leaping red calf branded "WM," with fence posts and a dust cloud behind him. The printed headline "I'LL HAVE IT CORNORED SOON" puns on "cornered," with the misspelling played for humor. A handwritten birthday wish turns the roping gag into a greeting. Comic cowboy and cattle scenes were common in early twentieth-century American postcards, when Wild West shows and rodeo imagery were familiar popular entertainment.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Congratulations Harry Many pleasant hours to you Lillie.

PostmarkedDEPOSIT, NY, June 22, 1907, 14:00

Addressed to

Mr. Harry Miller

# 60 Bedford St. Cumberland, MD

Postcard record

Postmarked	June 22, 1907, 14:00, DEPOSIT, NY
Publisher	A. H.
Series	144
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mr. Harry Miller, # 60 Bedford St., Cumberland, MD
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	Undivided-back era comic card with a printed rule border; heavy foxing, staining and edge wear; handwritten greeting on the front. Postmarks: CUMBERLAND, MD. JUN 22 2 PM 1907; DEPOSIT, N.Y. JUN 22 1907 — undivided back with printed "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS", 1¢ green Franklin stamp, heavy toning, foxing and red/blue ink offset stains.

Cite this card

Comic cowboy roping a calf, Cumberland, MD, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-cowboy-roping-a-calf-cumberland-md-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.