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Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, OK, 1909

Subjects
Agriculture & FarmsHorses
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, OK, 1909, Miss Charlotte C Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, OK, 1909, Miss Charlotte C Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat, light coat, and fringed chaps sits a white horse facing a cowgirl in a red blouse, dark divided skirt, and hat on a matching white horse. The two animals stand nose to nose on open grassy prairie under a pale sky. The printed caption identifies the scene as the 101 Ranch at Bliss, Oklahoma, a sprawling Kay County cattle operation that George W. Miller established in the 1890s. By 1909 the Miller brothers' 101 Ranch Real Wild West show had made the ranch name familiar to audiences around the country, and its cowboys and cowgirls performed as authentic western riders. The image presents the pair as stock figures of the ranch and the show.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte [illegible] Yours [illegible] received how things are in the [illegible] country [illegible] Three [illegible] and heard [illegible] across [illegible] the [illegible] [illegible] once the summer Germany [illegible] can be there in Boston.

PublisherH. H. Clarke
Cow Boy and Cow Girl. 101 Ranch. BLISS, Okla. Made in Germany Pub. by H. H. Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okla. --- POST CARD. THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS Made in Germany,
PostmarkedOK, August 17, 1909, 11:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte C Hassett

144 Sparhawk St. Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, OK
PublisherH. H. Clarke
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte C Hassett, 144 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesThin white border; chromolithograph printed in Germany; light surface wear and a faint scuff near the center; publisher line partly obscured by a black bar ("Made in Germany," published by H. H. Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okla.). Postmark: OKLA AUG 17 11-30 09. Divided-back private postcard, "Made in Germany" imprint; message written sideways in pen; light edge wear.

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Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, OK, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cowboy-and-cowgirl-on-horseback-101-ranch-bliss-ok-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.