Cattle Farm Collection

Ideal grazing conditions are afforded by this area if it is properly utilized... Mew Mexico, 1935
Ideal grazing conditions are afforded by this area if it is properly utilized. Overgrazing has depleted natural forage until feeding scenes like this are common. New Mexico

Cowboy bringing cattle in from range, Contra Costa County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cowboy bringing cattle in from range. Common sight on California highways. Contra Costa County

Bringing cattle in from the range, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contra Costa County, California. Bringing cattle in from the range. Common sight on California highways

Cowboy coming in from the hills, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Luis Obispo County, California. Cowboy coming in from the hills

Cowboy coming in from the hills, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Luis Obispo County, California. Cowboy coming in from the hills

Farm Security Administration (FSA) tenant purchase client's herd, near Manteca, California, 1938
Near Manteca, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) tenant purchase client's herd

FSA tenant purchase client's herd, near Manteca, California, November 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Manteca, California. November 1938. Farm Security Administration (FSA) tenant purchase client's herd

Farmyard scene, FSA's rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmyard scene. Farm of Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Rural Rehabilitation Administration client, Hayward, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural Rehabilitation Administration client. Hayward, California

Bringing cattle in from the range, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contra Costa County, California. Bringing cattle in from the range. Common sight on California highways

Bringing cattle in from the range, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contra Costa County, California. Bringing cattle in from the range. Common sight on California highways

Rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Cowboy bringing cattle in from range, Contra Costa County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cowboy bringing cattle in from range. Common sight on California highways. Contra Costa County

Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California. This farm couple have been assisted to independence. In Feburary 1936 they rented a neglected farm of forty acres planted in grapes

This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch. Was a financial failure. Under farm plan devised by Farm Security Administration rehabilitation supervisor and a loan of one thousand dollars

This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch. Was a financial failure. Under farm plan devised by Farm Security Administration rehabilitation supervisor and a loan of one thousand dollars

Cattle Mustering in Australia, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Cattle Mustering in Australia, 1850. Drovers and cattle at a waterhole. The object of a Cattle Muster is, as its name denotes

Beef cattle standing in a field

Beef cattle standing in a field

Cows on a hillside, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Cows on a hillside

A cattle farm, vicinity of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
A cattle farm, vicinity of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Cattle chute and part of corral, Fresno County on U. S. 99, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fresno County on U.S. 99. The end of the Chisholm Trail. Loading point for cattle shipment, showing cattle chute and part of corral

Inspecting a brand on the Prairies, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Inspecting a brand on the Prairies, USA, c1900. Cowboys with a trussed-up steer. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Rounding Up A Straggler On A Cattle Run, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Rounding Up A Straggler On A Cattle Run, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

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A journey through time: Glimpse into the past of beef cattle farming, from the rolling hills of the Virgin Islands in the 1940s, where cows graze peacefully (Jack Delano, "A Cattle Farm, Vicinity of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941), to the vast prairies of the USA in the early 1900s, where branding was a crucial part of the process (Unknown, "Inspecting a brand on the Prairies, USA, c1900). Join us as we explore the history of raising cattle, from the cattle chutes of Fresno County, California, during the Great Depression (Dorothea Lange, "Cattle chute and part of corral, Fresno County on U. S. 99, 1939), to the rugged outback of Australia in the late 1800s, where cowboys rounded up stragglers on long cattle runs (Frank P Mahony, "Rounding Up A Straggler On A Cattle Run, Australia, 1886).