Old Cowboy Photo-Who is it?

[Charmin]

This came from a garage sale last weekend. The cowboy looks somewhat familiar--maybe this is someone famous? I looked at old pictures of Tom Mix, and I don't think its him--he wore bigger cowboy hats .
And has anyone heard of the "Griggs Studio" that's on the front of the photo? Was this a famous studio?
Photo is 8"x10" and is in poor condition along the edges--but still neat and was in a pile of stuff that cost $1!!!
The pile of stuff included a saddle(I kid you not !) and an Osage County Profiles book(this book is worth at least $100+). So we didn't get hurt on the price of the pile of stuff!
See if any of y'all recognize this old cowboy and thanks for any help! I scanned the photo and my daughter used some photo software to "clean" it up a little.

[Beans]

I did a google search and found a Griggs Studio in or was in Bartlesville, also website for National Cowboy Muesum. A good place to start your research.

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/...9/Default.aspx

[Charmin]

I did a google search and found a Griggs Studio in or was in Bartlesville, also website for National Cowboy Muesum. A good place to start your research.

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/...9/Default.aspx

That would make sense--This photo came from a garage sale in Bartlesville. I did a google search too and couldn't find that studio--I must've done something wrong! Thanks Beans ! That link will help me get started on figuring out who it is!!

[famous turtle treasures]

No clue who the cowboy is but he looks like frodo from the lord of the rings!

[cyberdan]

That would make sense--This photo came from a garage sale in Bartlesville. I did a google search too and couldn't find that studio

I guess you live near Bartlesville? Go to the library and look in old newspapers or microfilm. I am sure the studio would have advertised in the paper. It won't help ID the cowboy tho.

[Charmin]

That would make sense--This photo came from a garage sale in Bartlesville. I did a google search too and couldn't find that studio

I guess you live near Bartlesville? Go to the library and look in old newspapers or microfilm. I am sure the studio would have advertised in the paper. It won't help ID the cowboy tho.

I live about 45 miles from Bartlesville, so I don't get to the library over there much. But my sister has a friend who knows a lot about the history of Bartlesville and I think we'll ask her the next time she's in at my sister's junk shop. I think this picture was probably taken at the Dewey Fairgrounds.......Dewey is a town north of Bartlesville(kinda a suburb of B'ville) and they used to have big rodeos/ropings there in the early to mid 1900's. This looks like a photo from the 1940's maybe, because of the Pee Wee cowboy boots the guy is wearing--those kind of boots were popular during the 40's/50's era I think.
And with the photo being numbered, it might have a record somewhere .
Thanks cyberdan .

[apush]

This is just a guess, but I would contend it is older than the 1940s. I gauge this from the bowtie and the cowboy's clothing. I could be wrong. It looks more along the line of the Great Depression Era-but folks that aged in that era tended to keep everything. Very nice pic and an item that many folks in the south/southwest would love to have hanging on their wall.

Just my two cents,

apush (from Texas)

[Charmin]

This is just a guess, but I would contend it is older than the 1940s. I gauge this from the bowtie and the cowboy's clothing. I could be wrong. It looks more along the line of the Great Depression Era-but folks that aged in that era tended to keep everything. Very nice pic and an item that many folks in the south/southwest would love to have hanging on their wall.

Just my two cents,

apush (from Texas)

You could be right, apush.....It might be earlier than the 40's. I was just guessing (the age)from the style of boots and wasn't paying attention to the clothing as well. Thanks for the help!

[True_Metal]

Looks like a young fdr to me. Fdr the one time us president. He was known to ride and shoot

[True_Metal]

I just showed the pic to my elderly mother without telling her my thoughts and she immediately said that it looks like FDR. I would be willing to bet it is him

[Charmin]

Looks like a young fdr to me. Fdr the one time us president. He was known to ride and shoot

I just showed the pic to my elderly mother without telling her my thoughts and she immediately said that it looks like FDR. I would be willing to bet it is him

I think this is a local yokel, True Metal, but he does kinda look like FDR.....I am still waiting to hear from the woman that does a lot of Bartlesville/Dewey Okla. history research. She should be able to find out who it is for us. I don't know if FDR ever came to the Bartlesville/Dewey area? And I'm pretty sure this was a local(Bartlesville) photographer who took the pic.
Thanks for the help! I'll try to find some old pictures of FDR to compare this to.

[allen]

with other rodeo people in the pic it could be anyone,
someone or no one of importance at all, just a pic.