[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

Ruth Roach, woman champion trick rider, c. 1920s

Photograph of Ruth Roach standing on a running horse with her arms in the air, in a rodeo show.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboy Group Photo

This photo is an interior shot of a group of men and women posing behind a table. It was taken somewhere in Europe. The back row, from left to right are: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Tommy Kirnan, Nowata Slim Richardson, Unknown, Rube Roberts, Unknown, and Unknown. Seated from left to right are: Unknown, Vera McGinnis, Bea Kirnan, Ruth Roach, and Unknown.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboy Group Photo in Arena

This is a group shot of ten riders, posing in a row. From left to right they are: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Vera McGinnis, Unknown, Red Sublett, Ruth Roach, Nowata Slim Richardson, Bea Kirnan, Unknown. This photo was taken while on a European tour and is believed to be in Paris, France.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Europe (London), 1924

This photo shows Ruth Roach riding a horse out the front door of a building before a crowd of onlookers.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nowata Slim Richardson and Ruth Roach, 1924

In this photo, Ruth Roach sits astride a horse, beside a man, also on a horse, in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palladium Wild West Stage Show

This photo shows eight men and women, some mounted on horses, in front of a painted cloth backdrop of the American west. From left to right, they are: Unidentified Person, Bea Kirnan, Tommy Kirnan, Nowata Slim Richardson, Ruth Roach, Charlie Aldridge, and Vera McGinnis.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach in London, England

This photo shows Ruth Roach in her cowgirl clothing, sitting at the helm of a ship, with hands on the wheel.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach With Other Rodeo Riders, on Tour in Europe

This is a group shot of twelve riders in a row, whose horses are all moving toward the photographer. Ruth Roach is in the middle, wearing white pants. This photo was taken while on a European tour and is believed to be on location in Paris, France.
Date: 1924
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

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

Ruth Roach, Champion Lady Rider

In this photo, Ruth Roach is performing an upside-down trick on a running horse.
Date: July 1920
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

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

[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

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 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