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Fred S. Cushing Collection

Fred S. Cushing Collection
Creator: Fred S. Cushing
Dates: 1932
Quantity: 1 inch
Accession: 1987.006

Abstract

This small collection consists of five photographs featuring Ed Wright, Perry Ivory, and other rodeo contestants at the Mother Lode Round-Up in Sonora, California, c1932.

Historical Sketch

The Mother Lode Round-Up is an annual event in Sonora, California. It features a rodeo where contestants from across the United States compete in bareback riding, barrel racing, bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and team roping.

Scope & Content Note

This collection contains five photographs of rodeo events. Rodeo personalities represented are Ed Wright and Perry Ivory.

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Cushing, Fred S.
Ivory, Perry
Wright, Ed

Subject Headings:
Mother Lode Round-Up
Rodeo
Sonora, California

Processing Information

The Fred S. Cushing Collection was donated to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1987.

Preferred Citation

Fred S. Cushing Collection, Box ##, Folder ##, Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Container List

Series 1: Fred S. Cushing Collection

Box Folder Accession Folder title/Description
1 1 1987.006.1-5 Mother Lode Round-Up photographs, 1932.

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