Cowboy Rug

Title

Cowboy Rug

Description

This rug with a cowboy trying to stay in the saddle of a bucking horse is a wonderful piece of Americana from the middle of the 20th century. Colleen Volkmer believes this gift from the ex-husband's maternal uncle bears a signature of Randolph Scott, an iconic American Western hero actor. Made in Belgium, the rug testifies to the universal appeal of the heroic image of the American West.

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Source

Colleen Volkmer, Nebraska City History Harvest 2010

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Format

object

Type

image

Coverage

Belgium

Files

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Collection

Citation

“Cowboy Rug,” History Harvest, accessed March 28, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/178.

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