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A series of humorous cowboy postcards from 1907 depicting the real power of a cowgirl.
From the online accompaniment to the PBS television series The West, images of Westerners Willa Cather, Alice Fletcher, Julia Louisa Lovejoy, Sacagawea, David King and Ida Hunt Udall, Emmeline Wells, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, and a Hopi Girl.

An afternoon of croquet. Ladies, gentlemen, and children on the lawn at Fort Bridger, Wyo. Terr., ca. 1873. Officers' quarters at left, hospital and men's barracks to the right in background. [235kb Image from US National Archives]

"Officers quarters at Ft. Rawlins, Wyoming, May 7, 1877." Two men and a woman holding a baby sit in front of the crude structure. [206kb Image from US National Archives] "Mormons at Mormon Dairy." Two women and their small children pose before a building at what is now known as Mormon Lake, Ariz. Terr. By E. A. Ames, 1887--89. [403kb Image from US National Archives]

"Junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers near Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. Headquarters of the 25th Infantry, ca. 1886." Romantic view showing young woman looking wistfully at the fort across the river. [212kb Image from US National Archives]

A family group poses with dog, Indian domestic, and young children outside a log cabin in New Mexico Territory, ca. 1895. [262kb Image from US National Archives] "Skating party, Ft. Keogh, Mont., about 1890." [136kb Image from US National Archives]

"Drawing rations at the agency on issue day." Indians form a line while officers' wives and issuing agent stand in center with sacks of flour at Camp Supply, Indian Terr. [now Oklahoma], ca. 1871. [170kb Image from US National Archives]

"Residence of G. L. Rule Feb. 18, 1898. Have lived here since Sept. 1893." Family stands in foreground; sod building and cabin in background, Arizona Territory. [250kb Image from US National Archives] "Hovey's Dance Hall at Clifton, Arizona. Taken 1884. Anton Muzzonvich next to tree." [276kb Image from US National Archives]

"The Covered Wagon of the Great Western Migration. 1886 in Loup Valley, Nebr." A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead. [320kb Image from US National Archives]

Teacher and children in front of sod schoolhouse. Woods Co., Okla. Terr., ca. 1895. [315kb Image from US National Archives] "Sunday school, Indians and white[s]." Indian Territory [Oklahoma], ca. 1900. [269kb Image from US National Archives]

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An afternoon of croquet. Ladies, gentlemen, and children on the lawn at Fort Bridger, Wyo. Terr., ca. 1873. Officers' quarters at left, hospital and men's barracks to the right in background. [235kb Image from US National Archives]
"Officers quarters at Ft. Rawlins, Wyoming, May 7, 1877." Two men and a woman holding a baby sit in front of the crude structure. [206kb Image from US National Archives]	"Mormons at Mormon Dairy." Two women and their small children pose before a building at what is now known as Mormon Lake, Ariz. Terr. By E. A. Ames, 1887--89. [403kb Image from US National Archives]
"Junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers near Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. Headquarters of the 25th Infantry, ca. 1886." Romantic view showing young woman looking wistfully at the fort across the river. [212kb Image from US National Archives]
A family group poses with dog, Indian domestic, and young children outside a log cabin in New Mexico Territory, ca. 1895. [262kb Image from US National Archives]	"Skating party, Ft. Keogh, Mont., about 1890." [136kb Image from US National Archives]
"Drawing rations at the agency on issue day." Indians form a line while officers' wives and issuing agent stand in center with sacks of flour at Camp Supply, Indian Terr. [now Oklahoma], ca. 1871. [170kb Image from US National Archives]
"Residence of G. L. Rule Feb. 18, 1898. Have lived here since Sept. 1893." Family stands in foreground; sod building and cabin in background, Arizona Territory. [250kb Image from US National Archives]	"Hovey's Dance Hall at Clifton, Arizona. Taken 1884. Anton Muzzonvich next to tree." [276kb Image from US National Archives]
"The Covered Wagon of the Great Western Migration. 1886 in Loup Valley, Nebr." A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead. [320kb Image from US National Archives]
Teacher and children in front of sod schoolhouse. Woods Co., Okla. Terr., ca. 1895. [315kb Image from US National Archives]	"Sunday school, Indians and white[s]." Indian Territory [Oklahoma], ca. 1900. [269kb Image from US National Archives]