Around the Dance Circle

Photographer Erwin E. Smith eating a mid-morning snack of canned tomatoes, an important item in the early day of cowboy's diet. OR Ranch, Arizona.

"Uncle Harve" [Norris], Famous Wagon Boss of the JA (John Adair) Outfit, with Tents of Roundup Camp in Background, JA Ranch, Texas

On the Veranda of the JA Ranch Headquarters. George Pattullo Drinking and Playing Dominoes with Robert Faure, a Nephew of the President of France, JA Ranch, Texas

Home of Mrs. P.H. (Nancy Erwin) White, mother of Erwin E. Smith, photographer. Smith's studio and photographic darkroom is housed in the barn at right. Bonham, Texas.

Branding calves, cowpunchers flanking them down to doctor or brand them while one cowboy on a cutting horse cuts them out. JA Ranch, Texas.

Cowpunchers entertaining themselves with fiddle music by campfire and lantern light. It is not unusual for them to stage a clog dance for relaxation or celebration. OR Range, Arizona.

[Joe Thurmond, mayor of Bonham, leading soldiers wearing World War I uniforms in Bonham parade, Will Evans's party for Fannin County, July 10-12, 1923]

Starting to work the herd on roundup grounds, cows and calves being cut out. LS Ranch, Texas.

Some LS cowboys holding a small cut of cattle in the upper panhandle of Texas. LS Ranch, Texas.

Holding the remuda with a rope corral while "catching up" the mounts. LS Ranch, Texas.

Making a rope corral to hold the horses for a roper to "catch up" the mounts. LS Ranch, Texas.

"Catching up" mounts from the rope corral while out on roundup, LS Ranch, Texas

LS outfit moving, cowboys leading the way, the chuck wagon following, and the remuda last, LS Ranch, Texas.

Cowboys help pull the LS chuck wagon over a bad place. LS Ranch, Texas.

The LS cook [Sam Whittaker] prepares the noonday meal for the cowboys. LS Ranch, Texas.

Sam Whittaker, wagon cook for the LS, gets a meal ready for the cowboys. LS Ranch, Texas.

The Matador outfit having dinner at the chuck wagon. The noon meal is known as "dinner" in the ranch country. [Harry Stewart, the wagon cook, is in the foreground.] Matador Ranch, Texas.

Home of Mrs. P. H. (Nancy Erwin) White, mother of Erwin E. Smith, photographer. Smith's studio and photographic darkroom is housed in the barn at night. Bonham, Texas.

Some LS cowboys "catching up" their mounts from a rope corral while on roundup. LS Ranch, Texas.