Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031814

Description

Rodeo champions at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, left to right, Ken Roberts, Howard McCrorey, Louis Brooks, Homer Pettigrew, and Frank Badsky. Ken Roberts, of Strong City, Kansas, won in Brahma bull riding. Roberts is wearing a cowboy hat, coat, chaps, and cowboy boots. Howard McCrorey, of Deadwood, South Dakota, won the steer wrestling title. McCrorey is wearing a cowboy hat, a coat, jeans and cowboy boots. Louis Brooks, of Florence, Arizona, won the saddle bronco riding title. Brooks is wearing a cowboy hat, button-up shirt, bandanna, trousers, and cowboy boots. Homer Pettigrew of Springer, New Mexico, won in calf roping. Pettigrew is wearing a cowboy hat, button-up shirt, jeans and cowboy boots. Frank Badsky, of Denver, Colorado, took the bareback bronco riding title. Badsky is wearing a cowboy hat, a striped button-up shirt, chaps, and boots. The men are posing with their reward certificates.

Archival Date

1944-03-19

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-339

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Rodeos; War bonds & funds; Cowboy boots; Jeans (Clothing); Coats,Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum; Cowboys; Chaps; Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show; Awards