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How The West Was Done

Children dressed up as cowboys for Mardi Gras; The Netherlands, 1965.

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100 Million Years Old

Despite the bold, all caps, huge font — and the hideous photo — this claim in a vintage brochure for Meramec Caverns was not about Jesse James.

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The Stovall: Good Old Fashioned Branding

A great vintage neon sign for the Stovall theater (Sayre, OK), posted by The Vintage Reader (another one is here). Note that along with the cowboy riding the bucking bronc, there’s a line of brands...

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Vintage Plastic Cowboy Pinball Machine

Hard to imagine that this plastic floor-standing pinball machine survived at all, let alone in working condition — but there it was, in an antique shop in Fergus Falls, MN. The price on the tag was...

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Vintage Cowboy Valentine

Like many valentines (and greeting cards in general), spelling rules will be pushed past the limits to make a sentiment — if not complete sense. This vintage valentine features a cowboy with a “lassoo”...

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Bang! Bang! Valentine

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The Lone Ranger: Read For Danger — Tense Over Homophones

You might knock comics, saying they aren’t good for literacy, but this vintage copy of The Lone Ranger has complex issues of homophones and verb tenses right on the cover. Via.

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Vintage Celebrity Cowboy Birthday

Roy Rogers & Dale Evans celebrate a child’s birthday with — what else? — a cowboy themed birthday cake. This photo feels like it was taken at a children’s ward… The seller offers no details, but...

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My Valentines Have Google Eyes

All my sites are “up” for Valentine searches, so why not add some more before the holiday is over? These three are vintage and antique die-cut and mechanical Valentine’s Day cards in which the eyes...

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Do Pistol-Packin’ Mamas Raise Rifle-Using Daughters?

Another one of the Dolly Toy Company pinups, this one featuring a gun-toting toddler defending the stagecoach. OK, so many she’s not a toddler. …But then again, maybe the little girl isn’t defending...

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A Very Creepy Cowboy Vintage Valentine

I did show this oddball valentine off in last year’s My Valentines Have Google Eyes post, but I still wanted to make a little video of it too. This vintage die-cut valentine is now available for sale...

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Giddy-Up!

An ad for a sterling silver saddle ring. Circa 1947.

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Hats Off To The Gun-Toting Cookie

I love cookie cutters, so it kinda kills me to sell this vintage aluminum one depicting a cowboy — or a soldier. The guns say “cowboy”, but the hat says, well, I’m not sure what… In any case, it’s no...

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The Cisco Kid

Vintage ad for the “sensational low-priced Western that should be on your station”. Found in the December 18, 1950 issue of Broadcasting Telecasting. More here.

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He Sleeps With His Slingshot —& One Eye Open

A good cowboy would sleep with one eye open, so I’m guessing the eye we can’t see is open. It’s kinda weird how few vintage greeting cards boys are out there… I guess boys were quicker to toss them...

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