Canutt, Yakima, 1895-1986

Bruce McCarroll Collection of the Bonnie & Frank McCarroll Rodeo Archives

Collection

Identifier: RC2006-076

Abstract The married rodeo partners, Frank and Bonnie McCarroll, were an extremely popular and successful pair during the 1910s and 1920s. Frank was known for his bulldogging abilities and Bonnie for her trick riding, steer riding, and saddle bronc riding prowess.Bonnie’s death due to injuries sustained in a bronc riding wreck in 1929 at the Pendleton Round-Up was a significant event, a turning point for women in the rodeo. It marked the beginning of the end for cowgirl participation in...

Dates: circa 1900-circa 1940

Found in: NCWHM Special Collections at Dickinson Research Center

Rodeo Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 1988-009

Abstract

This collection contains 1,532 rodeo photographs featuring contestants such as Casey Tibbs, Larry Mahan, Fox Hastings, Freckles Brown, and 310 other rodeo participants and animals.

Dates: circa 1900-1988

Found in: NCWHM Special Collections at Dickinson Research Center

Smith Western Movie Stills

Collection

Identifier: 1976-022

Content Description The Smith Western Movie Stills is comprised of 431 photographs, 4 publicity magazines, 1 Wild West Stars magazine, 1 article concerning Bill Elliott, and a letter from Lewis H. Smith. The majority of the photographs are film stills and publicity photographs from western movies.The Stills are arranged by actor, and then by film they played in. Any description labeled “unknown” means there is no movie identified on the film still. Only two film stills have been digitized, and they...

Dates: 1915 - 1965

Found in: NCWHM Special Collections at Dickinson Research Center

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bruce McCarroll Collection of the Bonnie & Frank McCarroll Rodeo Archives

Rodeo Photographs

Smith Western Movie Stills

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