The bridle is the headgear placed on a horse
that allows a rider to guide a horse in different directions. Students can
see bridles on horses on the diagram of a cowboy and in the following photographs:
- Little Joe the Wrangler, Three Block Ranch, New Mexico (LC S6-367)
- A group of African-American cowboys, posed in connection with a
fair in Bonham, TX, in the interest of interracial relations, Bonham, TX
(LC S611-15)
- Tom King, Matador cowboy, drinking from the brim of his hat at a
spring in Dutchman Pasture. Matador Ranch, TX, (LC S59-288)
- A Real Cutting Horse Turning on a Dime [Mat Walker, wagon boss
for the Matador, on Doodlebug, famous Matador cutting horse], Matador
Ranch, Texas (LC S6-180)
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Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947)
Frank Moson, general manager of the OR,
owned by the Greene Cattle Company of Arizona and Sonora, Old Mexico. OR
Ranch, Arizona. 1909
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Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
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