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Mayor of Boston with Ruth Roach and Tad Lucas, c. 1930

Mayor of Boston with Ruth Roach and Tad Lucas, c. 1930
Description:

This photo shows a group of cowboys and cowgirls standing around the mayor of Boston outside the Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Ruth Roach is the second cowgirl from the right. It's believed that Tad Lucas is the first cowgirl on the right.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: c. 1930
Partner(s):
University of North Texas Libraries
Collection(s):
University of North Texas Archives
Ruth Scantlin Roach Salmon (1896-1986) Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: c. 1930
Coverage:
Place
United States - Massachusetts - Suffolk County - Boston
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Date
c. 1930
Description:

This photo shows a group of cowboys and cowgirls standing around the mayor of Boston outside the Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Ruth Roach is the second cowgirl from the right. It's believed that Tad Lucas is the first cowgirl on the right.

Note:

Ruth Salmon, world champion rodeo performer, had a 24-year career that began in 1914 and ended in 1938, when she retired from the rodeo and started a ranching business in Nocona, Texas, with her husband, Fred Salmon. She is an inductee in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and travelled the world with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and The 101 Real Wild West Show. Bronc riding was her favorite event, although she performed and won championship titles in other areas (as Ruth Roach). During her career she won the titles of World's Champion All Around Cowgirl, World's Champion Trick Rider, and World's Champion Girl Bronc Rider. This photo is from the collection of papers and photographs that she donated to the University of North Texas Archives in 1985.

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Language: English
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): cowgirls | Roach, Ruth | Salmon, Ruth Roach | Lucas, Tad
Contributor(s):
Partner:
University of North Texas Libraries
Collection:
University of North Texas Archives
Collection:
Ruth Scantlin Roach Salmon (1896-1986) Collection
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: HM-60_340
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth20998
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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