Description: [Sheep Herders and a Flock of Sheep] Author: Morris, Charles E. Title: [Sheep Herders and a Flock of Sheep] Publication: Chinook, MT: (c.1909) Description: Large format. Albumen photograph [18 cm x 24 cm] / [7" x 9.8"] On a gray mount. Nice contrasts. View of two sheep herders separated from their flock by the arm of a pond, with barns and outbuildings in the background. At the very same time as Charlie Russell was word-painting his way from working cowboy to international fame, another Texas and Montana working cowboy, Charles E. Morris, began recording on photographic plates what Charlie was portraying on canvas. Both presented a way of life that was vanishing with the end of the open range. Charles M. Russell and Charles E. Morris worked the range in the same frontier country of northern Montana. Both rode the range, before capturing it: "Kid Russell" on canvas and in words; "Texas Kid" Morris with his scenes on glass plates and negatives.As the time of the World's Fair in 1904 approached, Charlie Russell urged his friend Charles Morris to travel to St. Louis. This was sound advice, since at the great Lewis and Clark's Centennial Exhibition there, Morris entered the winning photograph "Cowboy on a Bucking Bronco" enhancing his role as an exceptional photographer of the open range. The cowboy in that scene was Roy Mathieson, on a bucking bronco; all four of the horse's legs were off the ground when Morris snapped the shot. This photo became Morris' iconic trademark.In 1890, Morris came West by way of Fort Worth, Texas, and in 1894 on to northern Montana's Milk River country, where the young "Texas Kid" became a range rider. Around 1900 he acquired a small camera, and during the winter of 1903, after riding for McNamara & Marlow, a large stock outfit, Morris went to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, where he took a course in photography. While there, he married Helen Schroeder and returned to Montana with his bride, settling in Chinook. From there, he began constant travel in a buckboard, visiting ranches to photograph families, babies, newlyweds, and dramatic western scenes, such as roundups, branding, roping. Charles Morris photographed working cowboys during the last great roundups of the open range, massive herds of cattle on a thousand hills, large flocks of sheep with their herders, Native Americans in their traditional adornments, and the last of the frontier military in the West. Seller ID: 9734 Subject: Montana Tschanz Rare Books We actively buy and sell books, photographs, ephemera, maps and objects in our specialities: Utah & the Mormons, Interior West, Western National Parks, Western Indians, Railroads and Western Americana generally. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 330 USD
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Photographer: Morris, Charles E
Time Period Manufactured: 1909
Type: Photograph
