Howard Diersch
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in AB Canada
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Howard Diersch
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Emily May
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07/16/2014
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AncientFaces
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07/22/2014
This is such a perfect snapshot! Canadian 'cowboys' hanging out in the early 1900s.
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I suspect they might be wondering why the cook is standing there getting his picture taken instead of fixing their food.
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Snapshot? Posed is more like it. Posed makes me wonder how authentic/real any of the dress really is. Even so, it is a glimpse into another era.
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Of course they were posed due to technology limitations. Posed in this context meant added items or attitudes to "jazz" up the picture to the point that it looks fake and non-representative of the era. It could have been made today.
Teresa Ricketts
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Russell Casey, these guys look like the fellows I know who are 'real' . They act goofy, especially when tired. Fashion critic ? These guys did not make a lot of money and if it was half way clean they wore it ;-) Believe me, this is a nice shot of another place and time.
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Clothes are not the issue. IMO it is the set up attitudes. Looks like they were coached. Even so, it is a nice picture. Just does not represent anything historical as some comments seem to imply..
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I don't know where you're getting that from, Russell.. it looks fine to me.. remember in this day and time, photography was a big thing.. not the blase, done-a-million-times-a-day thing it is today.. it looks legit to me.. I just don't see what you think is made up about it
Gerry Burnie
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07/22/2014
Great photo. So few people know that Canada had a flourishing ranching industry--with cowpokes aplenty. For those who would like to read an interesting history of the Canadian West, I invite them to read Grant MacEwan's "Blazing the Old Cattle Trail."
Filipe Medeiros
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07/22/2014
Man, I love those long-barreled frontier rifles.
Jeanet Groenink
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07/30/2014
I didn't know that about Canada.
Joe User
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08/07/2014
This was right at the tail end of the big cowboy era.
Wynona McDonald
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01/31/2016
I wonder if they all got swigs & he's getting the last shot?
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