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Beemer

Beemer Photographs

Beemer Photographs
Creator: Lola Beemer
Dates: 1880s
Quantity: 1 inch
Accession: H0000.001

Abstract

The Beemer Photographs consists of three mounted photographs. One is a cattle branding scene and the others are homestead scenes.

Biography

Jesse Beemer (March 24, 1887 – April 2, 1952) owned a ranch outside of Chattanooga, Oklahoma, where he farmed and raised horses, mules, and short-horn cattle. Over the course of his life he went hunting with President Theodore Roosevelt and worked for “Buffalo Bill” Cody as a trick roper, bronc rider, and bulldogger.

Scope & Content Note

The Beemer Photographs consists of three mounted photographs. One is a cattle branding scene and the others are homestead scenes.

Processing Information

This collection was gifted to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum on September 13, 1965, by Lola Beemer.

This is a small collection.

Preferred Citation

Beemer Photographs, 1880s, Box # Folder #, Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Container List

All Series

Box Folder Folder Title / Description
1 1 Photographs, 1880s

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