The illustration shows a young woman in western dress riding a bucking dark horse, her right arm raised as she swings a lasso overhead. A second rider is faintly sketched in the dusty, pastel background. The cow puncher girl was a familiar figure in early 20th-century western shows and advertising, where women on horseback signaled skill and spectacle.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
"Can you beat this" [written on front]
You or Cousin Edw
be sure to meet the
train tomorrow I
will be on and leave
a package for you,
will stop on my
return. Best love.
8/27/07 "Auey"
White border at bottom carrying the printed advertising text; light edge and corner wear; handwritten note on the front over the lower left of the image.
Postmark: [illegible] AUG 27 1907 11 AM W. VA.; receiving mark: DURBIN AUG 27 1907 REC'D. Divided-back card; white border on front; chromolithograph texture; 1c Franklin stamp. Dealer pencil marks (113, 5.00) top left.
Cite this card
Cow Puncher Girl on bucking horse, Denver, CO, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cow-puncher-girl-on-bucking-horse-denver-co-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
