Advertising the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, 1918

This photo shows an old car with a steer head attached to the front, driven by a man, with four cowgirls and a wooden Indian as passengers. The girl on the far left is Prairie Rose Henderson and the girl sitting on the hood of the car is Ruth Roach.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arizona on "Ibedam", c. 1920

This photo shows a man riding a bucking bronco.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bea Kirnan, Prairie Rose Henderson, and Fox Hastings, c. 1920

This photo shows six women on horses. From left to right, they are: Bea Kirnan, Prairie Rose Henderson, Unknown, Fox Hastings, Unknown, and Unknown.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Billie Kingham winning first money at Blackfoot, Idaho, on "Lightning Creek", c. 1920

This photo shows Billie Kingham, a cowboy, in a rodeo arena, riding a dark horse that is trying to throw him off.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob Calen trick riding - Cowboy Championship Contest, c. 1920

This photo shows a man riding under the belly of a white horse in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob Calen trick riding - Cowboy Championship Contest, c. 1920

This photo shows a man doing a handstand on the back of a running horse in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob Calen trick roping - Cowboy Championship Contest, c. 1920

This photograph shows a man on a horse in a rodeo arena, throwing his lariat into a wide circle before a woman on another horse.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowgirls From the Madison Square Garden Rodeo With Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, 1932

This is a group photo of cowgirls from the Madison Square Garden Rodeo with some children and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, who is sitting in the middle front row, wearing a white cowboy hat. Ruth Roach is the first standing person on the left.
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Creta Elliott, Ruth Roach, Bea Kirnan, Mabel Strickland, and Bryant Roach, C. 1920

This photo is a group shot of men and women. On the front row, they are, from left to right: Unknown, Creta Elliott, Unknown, Unknown, Ruth Roach, Bea Kirnan, and Mabel Strickland. The only other identity known in this photo is Bryant Roach, who is on the second row, fourth from the left.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fox Hastings, Bea Kirnan, Ruth Roach, Lorena Trickey, and Prairie Rose Henderson, c. 1920

This is a group photo of six cowgirls standing in a row. From left to right they are: Fox Hastings, Bea Kirnan, Ruth Roach, Unknown, Lorena Trickey (possibly), and Prairie Rose Henderson.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fred Salmon, Tad Lucas, Buck Lucas, and Ruth Roach Salmon, c. 1950

This photo is a group shot of five people sitting in a booth, having a beer together. From left to right, they are: Fred Salmon, Unknown, Tad Lucas, Buck Lucas, and Ruth Roach Salmon.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Going Under Belly, Bob Calen - Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1921

This photo shows a man hanging under the belly of a running horse in an arena.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grace Runyon, Ruth Roach, Peggy Long, Rene Shelton, Lucyle Roberts, c. 1930

This photo shows eight rodeo cowgirls, standing in a row in a rodeo arena. From left to right, they are: Unknown, Grace Runyon, Unknown, Ruth Roach, Peggy Long, Rene Shelton, Unknown, and Lucyle Roberts.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Greeting Card From Cowgirl] Mabel Hamilton, C. 1920

This printed card, with a photo of cowgirl Mabel Hamilton, includes the written message, "To Ruth, with good luck from Mabel."
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[In Soldier's Field, Chicago]

This photo shows a group of eleven cowgirls standing in Soldier's Field, Chicago, with a row of classical columns behind them. From left to right, they are: Fox Hastings, Donna Cowan, Marie Gibson, Florence Hughes, Tad Lucas, Grace Runyan, Ruth Roach, Rose Smith, Bonnie McCarroll (possibly), Vera McGinnis, and Mabel Strickland.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mayor of Boston with Ruth Roach and Tad Lucas, c. 1930

Photograph of a group of cowboys and cowgirls standing around the mayor of Boston outside the Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Ruth Roach is the second cowgirl from the right and the first cowgirl on the right is tentatively identified as Tad Lucas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

My Parade Horses on 101 Ranch, 1914

This photo shows Ruth Roach astride one horse and driving two more horses in front of her before a tent.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Never Too High for Slim Riley - Tucumcari Round-Up, 1918

This photo shows two men on horses; the horse of the man on the left is rearing up like a bucking bronco.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Passing of the West #1

This photo shows a row of seven standing cowgirls, with seven mounted Indians behind them, in an arena. The cowgirls are, from left to right: Ruth Roach, Florence Hughes, Bea Kirnan, Bonnie Gray, Rose Smith, Kitty Canutt, and Ruby Roberts.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Passing of the West #2

This photo shows eight women on horses, standing in a row, in an arena. From left to right, they are: Mabel Strickland, Florence Hughes, Bea Kirnan, Kitty Canutt, Rose Smith, Bonnie Gray, and Unknown. There are rodeo Indians on horses behind them and large buildings, including the dome of the nation's capital, in the background.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pick-Up Man and Bronc Rider

This photo shows what appears to be a cowgirl (with a bow in her hair) riding a bucking horse in a rodeo arena, with a mounted man nearby.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach, 1914

In this photo, Ruth Roach is standing outside in front of a building, wearing an ankle-length ladies' suit.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach and Kitty Canutt

This photo shows Ruth Roach, on the left, and her associate, Kitty Canutt, on the right. They are leaning over a wooden fence, smiling at the photographer, and Kitty Canutt has a rope in her hands.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach and Mabel Strickland Trick Riding

This action photo shows Ruth Roach (in the back) and her associate, Mabel Strickland, riding their horses side by side, standing up in the stirrups with their arms over their heads.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History