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Alex G. Ligertwood (seated by fireplace). JA Ranch, Texas., 1908. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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[Interior shot (of Erwin E. Smith’s apartment or room?) with Indian bust], 1905-1915. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Uncle Hank Smith, First Settler in Blanco Canyon, Famous Old-Timer of the South Plains Country, 1909. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Harry Patton, old time cowboy with the Three Block outfit, fiddling before an open fireplace, 1908. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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On the Veranda of the JA Ranch Headquarters. George Pattullo Drinking and Playing Cards with Robert Faure, a Nephew of the President of France, JA Ranch, Texas, 1908. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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A cowboy standing in the doorway of a half dugout, line camp on the LS range. LS Ranch, Texas., 1907. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Joe Gleen, stray-man for Sulphur Cattle Co., Gleeson, Arizona, and D. W. McFarland, stray man for the Wagon Rod outfit, making a cinch. Under the wagon reading is J. W. Haverty of Fort Huachuca. OR Range, Arizona], 1909. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Waking a night rider, a duty that went out of practice with the coming of the barbed wire and the closing of the free range. [The “sleeping” cowboy is George Patullo.] Three Block Range, New Mexico., 1908-1909. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Day Herder with the JA Outfit Overlooking a Fork in the Red River and Taking Things Easy, JA Ranch, Texas, 1908. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Studio shot - Erwin E. Smith pouring tobacco for Bob Elroy], 1908

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Sam Whittaker, Wagon Cook for the LS, Getting Breakfast in the Early Dawn, 1907. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Billy Partlow, the “Pitchfork Kid”, mounted on his white horse, overlooking the country. Matador Ranch, Texas, 1908. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Edwin Sanders on his horse, reflected in the water on a clear day. ED Ranch, near Crowell, Texas, 1906. Photo by: Erwin E. Smith

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Photographer Erwin E. Smith eating a mid-morning snack of canned tomatoes, an important item in the early day of cowboy’s diet. OR Ranch, Arizona, 1909

One of my all time favorite photographers!

Erwin E. Smith photographed between 1905-1912 to preserve a record of the open-range cowboy life. He photographed roundups and other scenes on ranches in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Smith’s photographs, showing both the romance and harshness of cowboy life, are some of the best-known images of the southwestern range early in the last century.
http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/smith/about.php