Chute and squeezer used to brand big steers to avoid the more difficult system of throwing the animal to the gound and "hog-tieing" it. Somewhere on the South Plains of Texas.

Erwin E. Smith (1886-1947)

Date

1912
Object Type

Negatives and Transparencies
Medium

Nitrate negative
Dimensions

5 x 7 in.
Inscriptions

[None]
Collection Name

Erwin E. Smith LC Collection
Credit Line

Erwin E. Smith Collection of the Library of Congress on Deposit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

LC.S611.629
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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