An eminently rideable display horse outside the venerable F.M. Light & Sons western-wear store, founded in 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Passersby with small children cannot seem to resist plopping the young ones on the inanimate nag for a photograph and smile of delight Physical description

Display window of the venerable F.M. Light & Sons western-wear store, founded in 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Co

An array of "cowboy hats" at the F.M. Light & Sons western-wear store in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Like tourist attractions such as large amusement parks that draw audiences from great distances, Light & Sons dots the prairies

Horse figure, a longtime signature of Fincher's White Front Western Store on Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas Physical description:. Notes: Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Gift; The

Like tourist attractions such as large amusement parks that draw audiences from great distances, the F.M. Light & Sons western-wear store dots the prairies and mountain valleys of western Colorado with small, distinctive yellow highway signs, sort of mini-billboards, promoting the store in Steamboat

The rancho-style building, constructed in 1955, that was long the home of the Western Horseman magazine, along North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The publication moved its headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas, in 2010 Physical description:. Notes

Horse-and-buggy tourist jitney outside Blue River Plaza in downtown Breckenridge, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within t

Hobby horses outside the AA Antiques store along U.S. Highway 550 in rural Ouray County, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection w

Imaginative advertising sign in Wyoming's capital, Cheyenne. The rider looks more like a pilgrim than a cowboy, however Physical description:. Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: G