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Cowboy on bucking bronco, "Ride 'Em, Cowboy, Ride 'Em," circa 1942

Subjects
Comics & HumorHorses
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1942 (Linen)
Front of Cowboy on bucking bronco, "Ride 'Em, Cowboy, Ride 'Em," circa 1942, Mrs. Maude Phelps, NE, USA, c. 1942 linen postcard
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Back of Cowboy on bucking bronco, "Ride 'Em, Cowboy, Ride 'Em," circa 1942, Mrs. Maude Phelps, NE, USA, c. 1942 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A comic Western illustration shows a cowboy in a yellow shirt and red neckerchief pitched forward as his bronco bucks, his wide-brimmed hat flying into a blue, cloud-streaked sky while a jackrabbit bolts from the brush below. The printed caption, "Ride 'Em, Cowboy, Ride 'Em," and a verse about how some in the West ride and some don't, depending on the man and the critter, frame the scene as a rodeo-style gag rather than a specific place or event. The message from a Quartermaster Corps soldier at Camp Howze, Texas, to his family in Nebraska mentions cold weather, a bad storm to the north, and a hoped-for furlough. Camp Howze was a World War II Army training camp in North Texas, and comic Western cards were common souvenir mail in the 1930s through the 1950s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Folks: I am feeling fine and getting along well Been very cold and was a very bad storm north of us. Hope all of you are doing OK. Going to try for furlough before long. They are hard to get. We all hello Love Geo

PublisherColourpicture, Cambridge, Mass.
RIDE 'EM, COWBOY, RIDE 'EM. And out here in the West they ride 'em—Some of them do and some of them don't, it all depends on the man and the critter he's riding.
Addressed to
Mrs. Maude Phelps

Big Spring, NE

FromT/ George H Phelps, Camp Howze, TX

Postcard record

PublisherColourpicture, Cambridge, Mass.
SeriesTX8 10845
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. Maude Phelps, Big Spring, NE
PublisherColourpicture, Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge, MA
Place sent fromT/ George H Phelps, Camp Howze, TX
NotesLinen (canvas-textured) stock with a plain, unprinted margin at the bottom; light corner and edge wear, a few small surface spots, and faint stray marks near the right edge and lower right corner. No postmark; card appears unmailed, but the stamp box carries a handwritten "Free" free-frank endorsement rather than a stamp. Divided-back linen card with Colourpicture imprint, Cambridge, Mass.; the return block gives T/4 George H. Phelps, 37458849, Q.M.C. Sec. 8th S.C., Camp Howze, Tex., enlisted Oct. 1942. Light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Cowboy on bucking bronco, "Ride 'Em, Cowboy, Ride 'Em," circa 1942, postcard, c. 1942. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cowboy-on-bucking-bronco-ride-em-cowboy-ride-em-circa-1942. Accessed November 2, 2026.