American west

Photographer: William James 1913 City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1244, Item 279e

The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting photos on the internet, as well as submissions from readers who rifled through their attics to help me compile more preserved moments of historical sass! Found in Good Housekeeping, June 1952 Found here Reader submission from Peggy…

“Sharpshooter Annie Oakley, is shown here, the summer before she sailed for England with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.”

Ruidoso, NM a majestic gem of a mountain getaway. Frequently on the list of stopovers from California to Texas and much shorter road trips. Come here for leisure and pleasure, or as a base camp to Southern New Mexico's national parks and sights. There's a reason Neil Patrick Harris calls this mountain mecca home!

Huge fields of green and wilderness dotted with men on horses and cattle running here and there with a couple of dogs looking fierce and active. Yes, we are talking of the Wild West where everything looks brighter and freer than anywhere else in this world. It is almost as if Mother Nature created opportunities for you to bring out the easel and paints and get going. It is not exactly like one more form of art using wood making you paint on it but it is one more way to convene with nature…

Domestic shipping is free for all of our photos which have been recently printed. International photos are $13.50 for the first photo and free for all other combined photos that will be shipped in the same package. Many of the photos are reprints of frozen movie or television frames, others are reprints of negatives or photos. Although produced on top quality photo paper by a professional photo lab, some of my photos are not as sharp as you or I would like. Many were taken by non…

Let's look at some of the lingering western elements that make this city unique.