Sunday, September 09, 2018

Just When You Think You've Seen It All

September 9, 2018
   We know the dude is lean, mean and looming. He's Purple Rain in a vaquero outfit. Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, the act you've known for all these months:

"The Mexicali Stud"

   As for his headgear, here's the high pinch sugarloaf I recently got from RJ Preston:


My Own Personal Stash of Sugarloafs


   And, just when I thought I had seen every photo of Tom Mix ever taken, someone sends me this early publicity photo of Tom Mix wearing a high pinch sugarloaf:


High Pinch Sugarloaf on Tom Mix

     And just when I think vaquero style is limited to a narrow range—as in cowboy style—I stumble across an old Frederic Remington painting of the real deal:


Remington vaquero high style


  And just when snotty purists say there are no photographs of tie downs in the Old West, someone finds this little dittie from Arizona Territory, 1872:


The Tie Down

   And just when I think I should leave well enough alone, I go back into an old Daily Whip Out and give it another go:


"Trail of Tears Reprise"

    And just when I think I've seen every frontiersman-mountain man photo there ever has been taken, someone posts this:

"The Frontiersman"

   And just when I think I'm done with today's post, I find this:


Double-belted Amigos


    The moral is, just when you think you've seen it all, you ain't seen nothin', yet.

"Simpler and more specific is always better. People get it."
—Bill Hader


9 comments:

  1. love those sugarloaf hats...where can i get me one of those babies...???

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  2. Never say always and never say
    Never. As soon as you do you will be proved wrong. U.S Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Chief Petty Office retired. Have a fine Navy day.

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  3. Anonymous9:16 PM

    The last picture of the 3 cowboys is my family. The middle one is Nathaniel "Nat" Greer of Concho, Az along with 2 of his ranch hands. They were involved in the Battle of San Juan Days gunfight in June 1882 (St..Johns, Az) with his brothers against sheep ranchers in the area.

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    1. Anonymous6:31 AM

      Moi j avais un ancêtre moutin à San juan

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  4. Anonymous9:24 PM

    The center gentleman is my 2x great uncle Nat Greer. Pic taken right before historic gunfight on San Juan Days in St John, AZ June 1882

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  5. Anonymous10:27 AM

    That new guy pic, looks as if he rode off the range today! Amazing how everyday these guys look, without their everpresent beards

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  6. "The Frontiersman" is 'none other' than a Cabinet Card photograph of: *William 'Billy the Kid' McCarty! His facial features are an exact match and his particular ear configuration, (like a clear fingerprint), is extremely well defined, which makes this a Positive Identification. *I recommend y'all copy this image of Billy for your files.. and also, by the way, research & identify both the Rifle & the Gun he is carrying, if possible. Thorough research makes Old West history Come Alive -Blue!

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  7. Anonymous7:58 PM

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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