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   Spring/Fall Roundups
     Gathering the Herd
     Cutting
     Branding
     The Stray Man
   Summer Trail Drive
     Cattle on the Trail
     The Railhead
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     Open-Range Branding
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Seasonal Work | Spring/Fall Roundups | Branding | LC-S59-379
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A typical branding trick of the trade. Note the branding iron handles are placed back of the logs and in the wind where they will absorb a minimum amount of heat, yet the stamping end will become red hot., 1900-1914
Nitrate negative
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