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* Adams, James Barton. "The cowboy." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir Co., [Curt Teich & Co.], 1939. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 1251 / 9A-H2564. From "In the trail." No.1251

"The cowboy." The bawl of a steer to a cowboy's ear Is music of sweetest strain, And the yelping notes of the gray coyotes To him are a glad refrain; The rapid beat of his bronc's feet On the sod as he speeds along Keeps livening time to the ringing rhyme Of his rollicking cowboy song ... [188-]

* Andrews, Wesley. "Just crying for you out here in the West." Portland, OR: Wesley Andrews Co., c1937. (C.T. Art-Colortone) "Famous Indian papoose twins; photo copyright Lee Moorehouse." 230 / 7A-H1564

* Andrews, Wesley. "Peaceful Pacific." Portland, OR: Wesley Andrews Co., c1937. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 999 / 7A-H48

"Peaceful Pacific." The sun sinks West on the Ocean's crest, Bringing thoughts of a day well spent; On the beach we find free heart and free mind Among the best joys heaven sent. Here the weary hearts from the city marts, Come teeming down to the sea; Mid the dunes, on their breast, can be found perfect rest, And the tired soul set free. (cont'd)

The waves and the sands, the gulls and the clams, Are at play at the edge of the world; And ships as they pass through the billowy mass, Bear flags of all nations unfurled. Here may we gaze at the beautiful maze, Far out on the summer sea- Hear the roll of the surf as it spreads to the turf, Like sweet memories that come back to me. No picture so grand from the hand of man, Compares to the setting sun, With its golden light and the sea's twilight, A tableau - the Day is Done. The soft moon light sweeps the waves at night, Trods the deep and its fathoms explore, From our cozy nest we gaze toward the West, Looking out from the Pacific shore.

* "Arizona state card : Grand Canyon, Arizona." [S.l. : s.n.], [c1916]. n.6028

"Arizona state card." Wealth does Arizona hold In her mines and hearts of gold, In her towering Canon Grand Till she seems, 'The promised land'. [1916]

* "[A bear! A bear!]." [S.l. : s.n.], [c1949]. (Wildcat, Wyo. stamped on cover)

Woman on cover:

A bear! A bear! I do declare!
I'm scared as I can be.
It's just my luck my horse should buck
And spill poor little me!

   Buck, Audrey Souder. "Old timer." Spokane, WA: J.L. Robbins Co.; Chicago: CT Co., [c1940]. (C.T. American Art Colored; JLR Co.) About the vanishing buffalo.

* Buck, Audrey Souder. "Out where the mountains kiss the sky." Spokane, WA: J.L. Robbins Co.; Chicago: CT Co., nd. (C.T. American Art Colored; JLR Co.) 911 / 108646

* Burchette, George "California." Los Angeles, CA: George Burchette, 1946. "Natural color post card made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. (GDY)." "California's original oil painting in verse; photo copyright Fraser's Inc." 18302N

* Candelario, J.S. “Candelario’s.” Santa Fe, NM: Original Old Curio Store, 193-

* "The call of the trail." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir, [193-]. 207 / 0A4013

* "The call of the trail." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir, c1931. (C.T. Chicago) 353/ 0A4013

"An inviting road in the Rockies."

The call of the wild in not over the sea
It comes from the west, the Trail is free
My automobile is the castle key
That opens the western world to me.

The sweep of the hills in their distant view
Nor the roll of the plains I never knew
Till the Call of the Trail lured me out to view
The wonderful spots where the west in new.

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Albuquerque, N.M.: The Art Mart; Chicago, IL: C.T. American Art Colored, nd. C-16 / 121602

* Chapman, Arthur. " Out where the West begins." Baker, OR: Leo Adler, nd. (Everett, MA: Metropolitan) 43975

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Chicago: Curteich, nd. (C.T. American Art) Distributed by: Southwest Post Card, Co., Albuquerque, NM. On cover: J.R. Willis. 16 / 121602-N

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Chicago: Curteich, nd. (C.T. American Art) Distributed by: J.R. Willis, Albuquerque, NM. On cover: J.R. Willis. 16 / 121602

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Dallas, TX: Walraven Brothers, [c1938].

* Chapman, Arthur. “Out where the West begins.” Dallas, TX: Dallas Post Card Co.; Everett, MA: Metrocraft, 193- 43976 / TEX-3

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir Co., 1934. (C.T. Art-Colortone) "Poem of the West." 4A-H9 / 982

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir, nd. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 435 / 108833 "Long's Peak, (alt. 14,255 ft.), Estes Park." "Photo by Gerald J. Clarke."

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir, nd. (C.T. Chicago) "Mount Holy Cross, Colorado." 202 / 97844

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Denver, CO: Denver News Co., nd. (Metrocraft, Everett, MA) N151 / 43975

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Gallup, NM: J.R. Willis; Chicago : C.T Co., nd. (C.T. Art Colored) On cover: ©J.R. Willis. C-16 / 121602

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Los Angeles, CA: Western Publishing and Novelty, [c1939]. ([Chicago]: C.T. Art-Colortone) 398 / 9A-H2580

* Chapman, Arthur. “Out where the West begins.” Omaha, NE: Barkalow Bros.; Chicago: C.T. Co., 193- (C.T. American Art Colored.) "Mount Holy Cross, Colorado; On Union Pacific System." 97844

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Omaha, NE: Barkalow Bros., nd. (C.T. American Art) "Mount Holy Cross, Colorado." 405 / 97844-N

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Portland, OR: Wesley Andrews, np. "Mt. Hood from Lost Lake, Oregon." 903 / 4A127-N

* Chapman, Arthur. " Out where the West begins." Portland, OR: Wesley Andrews Co., nd. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 176 / OB-H89

"Out where the West begins." Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins; Out where the sun is a little brighter, Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter, Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter, That's where the West begins.

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Rapid City, SD: Johnston and Bordewyk, [c1948]. N151 / 43975

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Seattle, WA: C.P. Johnston, np. 48378

* Chapman, Arthur. " Out where the West begins." Spokane, WA: J.L. Robbins, [c1930]. (Chicago: C.T. & Co.) 8716 / 112943

* Chapman, Arthur. " Out where the West begins." Spokane, WA: J.L. Robbins, [c1930]. (Chicago: C.T. American Art Colored) 5703 / 88021

* Chapman, Arthur. " Out where the West begins." Spokane, WA: Robbins-Tillquist, [c1930]. (Chicago: C.T. and Company) 8716 / 112943-N

* Chapman, Arthur. "Out where the West begins." Yellowstone Park, WY: Haynes Inc., [c1957]. "Copyright 1919 by Arthur Chapman."

* Clark, Badger. "Cowboys' prayer." Baker, OR: Leo Adler, 193-. (Everett, MA: Metropolitan) 45039

* Clark, Badger. “Cowboys’ prayer.” Denver, CO: Denver News Co.; Everett, MA: Metrocraft, 193- N175 / 45039

* Clark, Badger. " Cowboys' prayer." [Las Vegas, NV]: Nevada Photo Services, nd. (Everett, MA: Metropolitan) 45039

"Cowboys' prayer." O Lord, I've never lived where churches grow; I've loved creation better as it stood That day you finished it, so long ago, And looked upon your work and called it good. Just let me live my life as I've begun! And give me work that's open to the sky; Make me a partner of the wind and sun, And I won't ask a life that's soft and high. Make me as big and open as the plains; As honest as the horse between my knees; Clean as the wind that blows behind the ruins; Free as the hawk that circles down the breeze. Just keep an eye on all that's done and said; Just right me sometime when I turn aside; And guide me on the long, dim trail ahead -- That stretches upward towards the Great Divide.

* Clark, Badger. "Cowboys' prayer." Oklahoma City, OK: Mid-Continent News Co., 193-. Made by Metropolitan, Everett, Mass. 45039

* Clark, Badger. “Cowboys’ prayer.” Rapid City, SD: Johnston and Bordewyk, 193-. Made by Metropolitan, Everett, Mass. 45039

* Conard, John. "This is Kansas." [Chicago]: Curteichcolor Art Creation, [1957]. 7C-K480 "Photo courtesy of Kansas Industrial Development Commission."

* Cory, J.C. "Take me back to old Montana." Minneapolis, MN: Bloom Bros. Co., [c1914]. R-27014 (see "Old Montana.")

"Take me back to old Montana." Take me back to old Montana Where there's plenty room and air; Where there's cottonwood an' pine trees, Bitter root and prickly pear; Where there aint no pomp nor glitter, Where a shilling's called a "bit," Where at night the magpies twitter, Where the Indian fights were fit. Take me back where the sage is plenty, Where there's rattlesnakes and ticks; Where a stack of whites cost twenty: Where they don't sell gilded bricks ... (cont'd)

* Cory, J.C. "Take me back to old Montana." Chicago: Curteich, (C.T. American Art); Spokane, WA: Keenan News Agency, 194-. 73771-N / 909

* Cory, J. Campbell. "Old Montana: live every day so that you can look every damn man in the face and tell him to go to hell." Butte, MT: Cohn Bros. Co., [c1910].

"... Where the old Missouri river
An' the muddy Yellowstone
Make green patches in the Bad Lands
Where old Sitton' Bull was known.

Take me where there ain't no subways
Nor no forty-story shacks;
Where they shy at automobiles,
Dudes, plug hats an' three-rail tracks;
Where the old sun-tanned prospector
Dreams of wealth an' pans his dirt;
Where the sleepy night-herd puncher
Sings to steers and plys his quirt.

Take me where there's diamond hitches,
Ropes an' brands an' ca'tridge belts;
Where the boys wear shapps for britches,
Flannel shirts an' Stetson felts.
Land of alfalfa an cooper!
Land of sapphire an' gold!
Take me back to dear Montana,
Let me die there when I'm old."

* Cory, J. Campbell. "Old Montana: smile, damn you, smile." Livingston MT: W.J. Swindlehurst., [c1910].

* "The cowboy's life." Boston, MA: Colourpicture, 195-. TX7 / 10846

"The cowboy's life." The bawl of a steer, To a cowboy's ear, Is music of sweetest strain; And the yelping notes Of the gray coyotes To him are a glad refrain...

* "The cowboy's life." Chicago: Curteich; Sandoval News Service, El Paso, TX, nd. (C.T. Art-Colortone) OB-H268 / 313

* "Cowboy's prayer." Denver, CO : Sanborn Souvenir Co., [196-]. "Author unknown." Made by Dexter Press (DP), West Nyack, NY. 3133.

* "Cowboys' prayer." Big Spring, TX: Johnson News Agency, 193-. Made by Tichnor Bros., Boston. 64280 / 12

* "Cowboys' prayer." Chicago: Curteich, nd. (C.T. Art-Colortone) Distributed by Lollesgard Specialty Co., Tucson, AZ. "Cowboy's prayer" on reverse. N-25

Souvenir Folder of the Ole Southwest: Cowboys' Prayer. [Chicago: Curt Teich and Co.], [c1942]. 18 folding postcards "Cowboys' prayer." O Lord, I've never lived where churches grow; I've loved creation better as it stood That day you finished it, so long ago, And looked upon your work and called it good. Just let me live as I've begun! And give me work that's open to the sky; Make me a partner of the wind and sun, And I won't ask a life that's soft and high ...

* "Cowboys' prayer." Chicago: Curteich, [c1949]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) Distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Albuquerque, NM "Cowboy's prayer" on reverse. (Variant) N-25

* "Cowboys' prayer." Chicago : Curteich, [1939]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) "C.T. General Texas scenes." "Cowboy's prayer" on reverse. 9A-H768 / TX-20.

* "Cowboys' prayer." Denver, CO: Sanborn Souvenir Co., [c1948]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 1200 / 6A-H2824

* "Cowboys' prayer." Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, [c1950]. 32855-M12

On reverse: "The poem 'Cowboy's Prayer,' was written on the range in 1906 by Badger Clark, Custer, So. Dak., author of the well known books of verse 'Sun and Saddle Leather,' and 'Sky Lines and Wood Smoke'."

"Cowboys' prayer." cont'd Make me as big and open as the plains; As honest as the horse between my knees; Clean as the wind that blows behind the rains; Free as the hawk that circles down the breeze. Just keep an eye on all that's done and said; Just right me sometime when I turn aside; And guide me on the long, dim trail ahead -- That stretches upward towards the Great Divide. [188-]

* "Cowboys' prayer." Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, 194-. 32855-M12 KBY

On reverse: "For a number of years this delightful verse, 'The Cowboy's Prayer,' has been published author unknown, almost becoming folklore, something of the remote past; however, the author is Badger Clark, and his book, 'Sun and Saddle Leather,' highlights the romantic West."

* "Cowboys' prayer." Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, 194-. 32855-M12 (Variant) CJY

On reverse: "The poem, 'Cowboy's Prayer,' was written on the range in 1906 by Badger Clark, Custer, So. Dak., author of the well known books of verse 'Sun and Saddle Leather,' and 'Sky lines and wood smoke.'"

* "Cowboys' prayer." Salt Lake City, UT: Carpenter Paper Co., [c1935]. 70 / 64280

* “Cowboys’ prayer.” San Antonio, TX: Southern Card Co., 193- “Author unknown.”

* “Cowboys’ prayer.” Tucson, AZ: Tucson News Agency; Boston, MA: Tichnor Brothers, 193- “Author unknown.” 12 / 64280

* D'Arcy, H. Antoine "The face upon the floor." Central City, CO: S.S. Newbury, 195-

"'Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there,
Which well nigh filled Joe's barroom on the corner of the square,
As songs and witty stories came through the open door,
A vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor ..."

* D'Arcy, H. Antoine. "The face upon the floor." Central City, CO: S.S. Newbury, 195- "'Micro-Color' by W.A. Krueger Co., Milwaukee, WI."

"Face on the barroom floor, in the Teller House, Central City, Colorado, built in 1872 ..."

* Davis, Arthur James. "The Columbia." Portland, OR: Portland Post Card Co., c1910.

"The Columbia." Birth, Life and Death my face has seen As I have rolled toward my end unknown, By stilted crags of highest purpose crowned And crumbling rocks of good intentions lost. (cont'd)

Still have my waves their brightness tried to throw Through all dark chasms by the way And rushed through flashing cascades loath to stay Because in them my foes are always crossed. But never turning back, these soon are left behind And save when called by man to succor some poor land Or spend my power to help him in his way, Onward I go. Until like you I find My own from whence I came And where I come once more.

* Davis, Walter Juan. "Me and my pal." Denver, CO: Thayer Publishing Co., [c1909]. (Cowboy girl series, no.8). Poem on cover:

I met an old pal;
Said he "you're my gal;
We'll let 'em all know we're here
And when we get through --
Say, are you game, Sue?
We'll go and get spliced, my dear.

* Davis, Walter Juan. "Shooting up the town." Denver, CO: Thayer Publishing Co., [c1909]. (Cowboy girl series, no.7). Poem on cover:

When we've rounded up the cattle
And the sun's gone down,
You would think there was a battle
If you follered us to town;
For we're out for all that's comin'
And we keep the town a-hummin'
When we're rollickin' and frolickin'
We do things brown.

* Davis, Walter Juan. "Such a good time." Denver, CO: Thayer Publishing Co., [c1909]. (Cowboy girl series, no.1). Poem on cover:

Oh, I love the ranch and range
But you mustn't think it strange
If I love to have a good time, too;
And if you say I'm not
Johanna on the spot
I will surely make it hot for you.

   Davis, Walter Juan. "We're going some." Denver, CO: Thayer Publishing Co., [c1909]. (Cowboy girl series, no.5)

* Davis, Walter Juan. "We're going some." [S.l.; s.n.], [c1909]. No.8105

"We're going some." Look out for us! Don't raise a fuss! We're on the shoot, and we'll make things hum; In all the West We are the best; Keep up with us and you're doing some. [c1909]

* Davis, Walter Juan. "Well, hardly." Denver, CO: Thayer Publishing Co., [c1909]. (Cowboy girl series, no.2)

"Well, hardly." Our town slow? Well, I guess not; What are you a-drivin' at? Don't you know A man got shot For sayin' such a thing as that?" [c1909]

* "Desert scenes of California: the land of enchantment." Los Angeles, CA: Western Publishing and Novelty Co., [c1937]. D-3195 Folio of 18 postcards.

"The following poem was found written on the door of an old desert cabin: 'Mornin' on the desert.'"

* Doubleday, R.R. "Old South Dakota." Cheyenne, WY: R.R. Doubleday, 192- Photo postcard.

Take me back to South Dakota,
Where there is plenty of room and air;
Where there is grain and elevators,
Self binders and prickly pear...

* Doubleday, R.R. "Out in Wyoming." Cheyenne, WY: R.R. Doubleday, [c1928] Photo postcard.

We're out here in old Wyoming,
Where you never have the blues,
Where the bandits steal the jitneys
And the Marshals steal the booze...

* "Down in Oklahoma." Chicago: Curteich; Oklahoma City, OK: Mid-Continent News Co., [1934]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 4A-H298

* "Down in Texas". Chicago: Curt Teich, [1936]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) (Variant) 6A-H4

* "Down in Texas." Chicago: Curt Teich; Amarillo, TX: McCormick Co., [1936]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 6A-H4

* "Down in Texas". Houston, TX: Seawall Specialty Co., [1936]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) 6A-H4

* "Down in Texas." Milwaukee, WI: E. C. Kropp, nd. 9 / 21161.

* "Down in Texas". Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, 194-. 25442-2

"Down in Texas." We're down here in old Texas, Where you never have the blues, Where the bandits steal the jitneys And the Marshals steal the booze; Where the buildings horn the skyline, Where the populace is boost, Where they shoot men just for pastime, Where the chickens never roost, Where the stickup men are wary And the bullets fall like hail; Where each pocket has a pistol And each pistol's good for jail; Where they always hang the jury, Where they never hang a man If you call a man a liar, you Get home the best you can (cont'd)

* "Down in Texas". Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, 194-. 12582 / T42 DBY

"Down in Texas." (cont'd) Where you get up in the morning, In a world of snow and sleet And you come home in the evening Suffocating in the heat; Where the jitneys whiz about you And the street cars barely creep; Where the burglars pick you pockets While you "lay me down to sleep;" Where the bulldogs all have rabies, And the rabbits they have fleas; Where the big girls, like the wee ones, Wear their dresses to their knees; Where you whisk out in the morning Just to give your health a chance; Say "Howdy" to some fellow who Shoots big holes in your pants; Where wise owls are afraid to hoot And birds don't dare to sing, For it's hell down here in Texas, Where they all shoot on the wing.

* "Down in Texas." San Antonio, TX: Southern Card Co., nd. TX-18 (see also Fisk, Elmer)

* Dymond, William Marcy. "At the grave of Buffalo Bill : a reverie." Denver, CO: Johnny Baker, [1917?]. (C.T. American Art) A-87139

"At the grave of Buffalo Bill." I stood at eve on the summit At the silent grave of Bill; That stands like some lonely sentinel Guarding a Colorado hill. Where the sunbeams and the dewdrops And the fleece clouds daily greet This resting place of Cody They in benediction meet ... [1917?]

* Field, Eugene. "Lover's lane, Saint Jo." Saint Joseph, MO: Saint Joseph Calendar and Novelty Co., [c1912]. R-29076 Poem, 6 paragraphs.

* Field, Eugene. "Lovers lane, St. Joseph, Missouri." Chicago: Curteich; Saint Joseph, MO: Shaffer News Agency, 1934. 4A-H198 Poem, 1 paragraph.

* Fisk, Elmer. "Down in Texas." Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp, c1917. 9/21161 (GIL)

* Gibson, Oscar G. "Crater Lake National Park, Oregon." Portland, OR: Wesley Andrews Co.; [Chicago: Curt Teich & Co.], [1937]. (C.T. Art-Colortone). Poem "Crater Lake." 885 / 7A-H998.

* "Grand Canyon." San Diego, CA: Herz Post Cards, 193-. 326/9-2118 See also poem by Henry Felton Huse.

* Guest, Edgar A. "Buffalo Bill's grave." Golden, CO: "Johnny" Baker; Chicago: Curteich, [1941]. (C.T. American Art) 1B700-N

"Buffalo Bill's grave." I've stood at the grave of Buffalo Bill On a mountain crest and I've felt the thrill Which he must have felt, as I saw below The prairies wide of his long ago. I've heard it told how he journeyed there With the breezes tossing his steel-gray hair, And his soul rejoiced at each changing scene Which marks the haunts where his youth had been And I understand why he asked to lie Through the lost long sleep 'neath that open sky.

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