AN AMERICAN PIONEER LEGEND THE CARDBOARD COWBOY By Cy Martin Click here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions. THE CARDBOARD COWBOY By Cy Martin On all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount.Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. Friends, had we saved these old colorful postcards – we would be rich in dollars and historic cowboy lore. The author says that old cowboy photos didn’t sell but the post cards did. They provided one of the best pictorial records of our country when the West was young. But there is so much more here cause if you really want to get a taste of the old west, this talented author brings cowboy history alive. Levi’s, Stetson, Woolies, Fish Brand Yellow Slickers – with all the riggin’s of the old west. You can nearly smell the chuck wagon here. The Post Card history is great but it’s the rest of the story that so wonderful entitled: THE CARDBOARD COWBOY By Cy Martin Please read this. This is an overlooked story I found in an unusual and different magazine. For this item, I am making it available with a Buy It Now opportunity so you don’t have to wait to see if it's yours. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about a true pictorial record of the old west are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY COLLECTION AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. TOM RUSSELL COLLECTIONFor more Information Please Visit:The Tom Russell CollectionIF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western heroes. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive. I hope you appreciate the effort. THE CARDBOARD COWBOY By Cy Martin Folks, sooner or later – Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are lying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, its worth all the time I spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Cowboys, my indexed listings will include all names mentioned in the story from this time on. ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1890 era ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: Old West GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: CODY, Buffalo Bill – Legend of the Old West. GOODNIGHT, Charles – Colonel was credited with dreaming up the “chuck wagon”. HICKMAN, Old “Dad” * - Pictured on photo of post card. MARTIN, Cy – Author of this great story with some photos of his post card collection. McCOY, Joseph – In 1866, this Illinois man brought Texas steers to the railroad at Abilene, Kansas. Eventually, he sent 35,000 steers to Chicago. STRAUSS, Levi – Originator of the blue jeans. PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1) – Photo of Post Card of Old “Dad Hickman * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 2) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Branding Calves In A Corral.” * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 3) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Watching The Roundup.” * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 4) – Photo of Post Card of Cowboy wearing “woolies.” * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 5) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Cowboys at Dinner on the Roundup in the Northwest.” * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 6) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Cattle Thieves” by Fred Schultz. * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 7) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Race of Cowboys and Indians” from painting of Frank Jeller. * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 8) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Out West”. * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 9) – Photo of Post Card entitled “The Cowpuncher’s Bunk” * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 10) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Saddling A Western Outlaw” with cowboys wearing Levi’s. * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) Picture 11) – Photo of Post Card entitled “Off To The Chuck Wagon” published by P. Farington. * (Courtesy of Cy Martin Collection Photos) PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE: Abilene, Kansas American Revolution Arbuckle Coffee Boston Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Bull Durham (Old Faithful) California Spur Canyon, Texas Carolina Chisholm Trail Civil War Colt Six Gun Columbian Exposition of 1892 Connecticut Fish Brand Yellow Slicker Georgia Glouchester Ireland Levi’s Jeans McCoy’s Pens, Abilene, Kansas Mexico New England North Carolina Panhandle Plains Museum, Canyon, Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Plymouth, Massachusetts Police Gazette Puritans San Francisco, California Stetson Hat Texas Texas Panhadle Texas Spur United States Virginia Winchester carbine THE CARDBOARD COWBOY By Cy Martin OLD WEST POSTCARD MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING ... [full description] |
