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Cowgirls of the 101 Ranch, Oklahoma, circa 1908

Subjects
HorsesWomen's History
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Cowgirls of the 101 Ranch, Oklahoma, circa 1908, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Cowgirls of the 101 Ranch, Oklahoma, circa 1908, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Eight women in western dress and wide-brimmed hats sit astride horses lined up across a grassy field, with a narrow band of blue water and a pale sky behind them. The card labels them "Cow Girls on 101 Ranch," the sprawling Osage County, Oklahoma, ranch of the Miller brothers, whose 101 Ranch Wild West show toured the United States and Europe in the early 1900s and made celebrity performers of its cowgirls. The imprint dates the copyright to 1908, the period when such ranch and rodeo imagery was a popular postcard subject.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte - Julia and I expect to go down to this place. Most of the people are Protestants all businessmen daughters. I think this is the most important land in the country. You have to learn one of [illegible]

Cow Girls on 101 Ranch. OKLAHOMA. Made in Germany Copyright 1908 by [illegible] Oklahoma City, Okla. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS. Made in Germany
PostmarkedAugust 17, 1909, 23:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Fassett

44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Fassett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Place depicted101 Ranch, OK
Place mentionedOklahoma City, OK
Stamp10c Benjamin Franklin, green
NotesChromolithograph printed in Germany; heavy scuffing and staining across the sky area, wear at corners. Small imprint at lower left partially obscured. Postmark: OKLAHOMA AUG 17 11-30P 1909 OKLA. Divided back, "Made in Germany" imprint, copyright 1909; light soiling and edge wear.

Cite this card

Cowgirls of the 101 Ranch, Oklahoma, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cowgirls-of-the-101-ranch-oklahoma-circa-1908. Accessed October 24, 2026.