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Cow Puncher Girl on bucking horse, Denver, CO, 1911

Subjects
AdvertisingHorsesWomen's History
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Cow Puncher Girl on bucking horse, Denver, CO, 1911, Mrs. E. M. Richardson, WV, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Cow Puncher Girl on bucking horse, Denver, CO, 1911, Mrs. E. M. Richardson, WV, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The printed caption calls her a "Cow Puncher Girl." 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. In the early 20th century, women on horseback were a familiar figure in Wild West shows and rodeos, where horse handling drew crowds and gave women a public role in a popular western myth. "Cow puncher" was period slang for a cowboy or ranch hand, and the caption casts her as both worker and performer.

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"

PublisherThe Union Health and Accident Company
782. Cow Puncher Girl, Mile High Company--Best, Safest, Cheapest Protection The Union Health and Accident Company Arapahoe Building, Denver, Colorado
PostmarkedARLINGTON, WV, August 27, 1911, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. E. M. Richardson

Durbin, WV

Postcard record

Postmarked, ARLINGTON, WV
PublisherThe Union Health and Accident Company
Series782.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. E. M. Richardson, Durbin, WV
Place mentionedDenver, CO
receivedDURBIN
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite 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: ARLINGTON AUG 27 1911 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.

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Cow Puncher Girl on bucking horse, Denver, CO, 1911, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cow-puncher-girl-on-bucking-horse-denver-co-1911. Accessed November 3, 2026.