Colleen Volkmer Discusses the Cowboy Rug
Title
Colleen Volkmer Discusses the Cowboy Rug
Description
Colleen Volkmer tells the story of the Cowboy Rug to the History Harvest graduate student assistant Rob Voss.
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 her 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
story
Language
English
Type
video
Original Format
MPEG-4 video interview
Duration
1 minute 30 seconds
Files
Collection
Citation
“Colleen Volkmer Discusses the Cowboy Rug,” History Harvest, accessed April 20, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/179.