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Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, Oklahoma, circa 1910

Subjects
Agriculture & FarmsHorses
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked August 17, 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, Oklahoma, circa 1910, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Cowboy and cowgirl on horseback, 101 Ranch, Bliss, Oklahoma, circa 1910, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, 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 nose to nose on an open grassy prairie under a pale sky. The card names the scene as the 101 Ranch at Bliss, Oklahoma, the sprawling Kay County spread established by Colonel George W. Miller in the 1890s, whose Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch Real Wild West show made it one of the best-known ranching names in America. Such chromolithographed views were printed in Germany and distributed by regional publishers like H. H. Clarke of Oklahoma City.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

19 Oscar Chandler [illegible] there have changed the little girl [illegible] an [illegible] There [illegible] and heard heard - they all are - the country once Emma [illegible] informing you that we are 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 MESSAGES THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE Made in Germany,
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, August 17, 1909, 11:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hassett

44 Fairbanks St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
PublisherH. H. Clarke
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Hassett, 44 Fairbanks 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. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS AUG 17 11-30 A 1909. 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, Oklahoma, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cowboy-and-cowgirl-on-horseback-101-ranch-bliss-oklahoma-cir. Accessed October 24, 2026.