Photograph
7 1/2 in x 11 in / 19.1 x 27.9 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Belen, NM
This 1904 photograph shows a ranching or agricultural work scene in Guymon, Oklahoma, with men, wagons, horses, and a steam-powered machine gathered on open land. The handwritten inscriptions identify several figures and place the image in the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early twentieth century. The photograph records a working Plains environment at a time when ranching, farming, and mechanized equipment increasingly overlapped.
The composition is documentary, with the group arranged around the equipment and wagons rather than posed in a studio setting. Details such as the steam engine, water wagon, horse teams, and named individuals give the image strong regional and historical value. As an Oklahoma ranch photograph, it fits within American West material, Plains history, and early agricultural photography.
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Photograph
7 1/2 in x 11 in / 19.1 x 27.9 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Belen, NM
This 1904 photograph shows a ranching or agricultural work scene in Guymon, Oklahoma, with men, wagons, horses, and a steam-powered machine gathered on open land. The handwritten inscriptions identify several figures and place the image in the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early twentieth century. The photograph records a working Plains environment at a time when ranching, farming, and mechanized equipment increasingly overlapped.
The composition is documentary, with the group arranged around the equipment and wagons rather than posed in a studio setting. Details such as the steam engine, water wagon, horse teams, and named individuals give the image strong regional and historical value. As an Oklahoma ranch photograph, it fits within American West material, Plains history, and early agricultural photography.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
