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Looking through Fence with Boots at CFD Arena. Image courtesy Wyoming State Archives.

Wyoming museum showing Frontier Days photos

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Looking through Fence with Boots at CFD Arena. Image courtesy Wyoming State Archives.
Looking through Fence with Boots at CFD Arena. Image courtesy Wyoming State Archives.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming State Museum is showing 50 photos and posters pertaining to the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days.

The exhibit will be open from July 18 through Aug. 28. It’s called “From Roughneck Show to Pro Rodeo: Cheyenne Frontier Days.”

The show was put together by the museum and the State Archives. May of the photos come from the State Archive’s collection of images by J.E. Stimson, Francis Brammar and Ralph R. Doubleday.

Frontier Days runs from July 23 through Aug. 1.

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Online: Wyoming State Museum: http://wyomuseum.state.wy.us/

Cheyenne Frontier Days: http://www.cfdrodeo.com/index.aspx

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ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF NOTE

Cowboy Riding Saddle Bronc, CFD 1970. Image courtesy Wyoming State Archives.
Cowboy Riding Saddle Bronc, CFD 1970. Image courtesy Wyoming State Archives.