Nathan Turk / Press & advertisements
N. Turk advertisement · 1964
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A printed 1964 trade advertisement for the Turk business.
*Billboard*, 14 November 1964, *The World of Country Music* ↗
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Press & advertisements
Retail offers, trade notices and advertising that place Western wear in public circulation.
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Marge Riley / Press & advertisements
Cowgirl · Life, April 1940
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The 1940 magazine feature credits the illustrated clothing to Riley.
*Life*, 22 April 1940, vol. 8, no. 17 ↗
Read the story ↗Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
The right-hand advertising column of Billboard's 8 April 1939 The Corral page: Stockman-Farmer Co. above, Ben the Rodeo Tailor in the middle, and saddle advertising below.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Rodeo Ben’s earliest directly inspected catalogue advertisement, Billboard, 26 December 1936: a greeting to cowgirls and cowboys, the North Columbia Avenue address, and an invitation to request the new catalogue.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Full Billboard The Corral page, 26 December 1936, including Rodeo Ben’s early catalogue advertisement.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Rodeo Ben’s November 1937 advertisement: a Christmas greeting, individual personal measurement, West Columbia Avenue and a free catalogue offer.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Full Billboard The Corral page, 27 November 1937, including Rodeo Ben’s personal-measurement catalogue advertisement.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Rodeo Ben’s August 1938 advertisement: made-to-order clothes for cowboy, cowgirl and children, a free catalogue offer, and the West Columbia Avenue address.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Full Billboard The Corral page, 27 August 1938, including Rodeo Ben’s catalogue advertisement.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
The March 1952 Billboard report on the Philadelphia workshop fire.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Billboard, 31 March 1945, printed p. 53, including Rodeo Ben’s display advertisement.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Rodeo Ben’s Western Ranchwear advertisement, Billboard, 27 May 1944: the trade name, Ben the Rodeo Tailor, and the West Columbia Avenue address.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Full Billboard page, 27 May 1944, including Rodeo Ben’s Western Ranchwear display advertisement.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Rodeo Ben Christmas advertisement, Billboard, 2 December 1944: Western shirts, trousers and jackets at 3209 West Columbia Avenue.
Rodeo Ben / Press & advertisements
Full Billboard page, 2 December 1944, including Rodeo Ben’s Christmas display advertisement.
Nathan Turk / Press & advertisements
Abbott and Fabor’s full Billboard thank-you page, 20 February 1954, naming N. Turk as tailor to the labels’ stars.
Nudie Cohn / Press & advertisements
Full printed page 24 of Billboard, 12 June 1954, carrying the “Western Stars to Fete Nudie” notice.
Nudie Cohn / Press & advertisements
“Western Stars to Fete Nudie,” Billboard, 12 June 1954, printed page 24.
Marge Riley / Press & advertisements
The following page of Life's Riley-credited ranch clothes.
Marge Riley / Press & advertisements
Opening page of Life’s April 1940 Cowgirl feature.
Fay Ward / Press & advertisements
The Las Vegas Cowboys Reunion and Rio Grande Contest column from Billboard, 24 March 1917, including Fay Ward's named participation and the printed Fay Ward Special contest-tree reference.
Fay Ward / Press & advertisements
The 24 March 1917 Billboard page reporting the El Paso reunion and contest results.
Fay Ward / Press & advertisements
Fort Worth Rodeo bronc-riding results in Billboard, 6 April 1918, naming Fay E. Ward.
Harvey Krantz / Press & advertisements
Full printed page 44 of Billboard, 10 July 1976, with Colleen Clark’s “Nashville Scene” column.
Harvey Krantz / Press & advertisements
Browser-rendered capture of printed page 79 of Record World, 10 December 1977, carrying the Harvey Krantz Custom Clothiers advertisement.
Harvey Krantz / Press & advertisements
Harvey Krantz Custom Clothiers advertisement, Record World, 10 December 1977, printed page 79.
H Bar C / Press & advertisements
H Bar C Ranchwear “Good Pards” advertisement reproduction
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Western Horseman’s 2026 feature reproduces this H Bar C Ranchwear page and captions it “WH February 1953.” The host attribution awaits direct inspection of the original issue.
Laurel Witt, “From Trendy to Timeless: Decades of Cowboy Cool,” Western Horseman, 25 February 2026 ↗
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Broadway Sporting Goods: Tem-Tex and Calif. Ranchwear · 1953
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A September 1953 Oakland retailer advertisement offering Tem-Tex and Calif. Ranchwear Western Shirts for square dancers.
Broadway Sporting Goods Store, Western Wear for Square Dancers, Let’s Dance!, September 1953 ↗
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Let’s Dance! page 18 with Tem-Tex retailer advertisement · 1953
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The full printed page from Let’s Dance!, September 1953, placing the Broadway Sporting Goods advertisement in context.
Broadway Sporting Goods Store, Western Wear for Square Dancers, Let’s Dance!, September 1953 ↗
Read the story ↗H Bar C / Press & advertisements
El Centro Store’s grouped Western-shirts offer · 1952
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A Lubbock retailer panel printing “Levi, Straus, Millers, H-Bar-C” as one unparsed Western-shirts sequence, with a stated $2.69–$7.95 range.
El Centro Store, “Quitting Business Sale,” The Roundup, 28 March 1952 ↗
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Cobb’s H-Bar-C ranchwear advertisement · 1949
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Cobb’s Muleshoe Fat Stock Show Western Clothes advertisement, with its stated H-Bar-C shirts, frontier pants and jackets.
Cobb’s, “Western Clothes,” The Muleshoe Journal (17 March 1949) ↗
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