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| Leather boots protected the cowboys’ feet and ankles. Narrow-toed boots allowed the feet to slip easily into the stirrups, while the high heel kept the boots from slipping all the way through. Price was no object when it came to buying boots, and cowboys often paid up to two months salary to purchase a good pair of custom-mades from mail order businesses, like C.H. Hyer’s shop in Olathe, Kansas. |  Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947) Jake Rains and His Pet Horse Comanche, Who Likes Chunks of Sourdough, Spur Ranch, Texas, ca. 1910 Nitrate negative Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas LC.S611.660 |
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