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Nathan Turk / Clothes & accessories
Rose Maddox’s Nathan Turk costume
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A stage costume made for Rose Maddox, presented in the museum’s Turk collection.
CMHOF, “Nathan Turk: Old World Meets New West” ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Cindy Walker’s early-1950s ensemble
Nathan Turk / Clothes & accessories
Don Rich’s Nathan Turk suit
Jaime Castaneda / Clothes & accessories
Marty Stuart’s chandelier shirt
Fay Ward / Clothes & accessories
Kay Arnold ensemble
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A Fay Ward ensemble associated with performer Kay Arnold in the museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Western Style Roundup” ↗
Read the story ↗Viola Grae / Clothes & accessories
Viola Grae-labelled shirt · auction view
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The garment carries a Viola Grae label; this view comes from an auction presentation.
Augusta Auctions, October 2008 past-sale listings, lots 694, 696, 697 and 700 ↗
Read the story ↗Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Jerry & Sky in Rodeo Ben clothing, in the Hall of Fame exhibition.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Back view of the Hawkshaw Hawkins bolero attributed to Rodeo Ben in the Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Skeets Yaney suit attributed to Rodeo Ben in the Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Autry collection view: Rodeo Ben shirt worn by Gene Autry, object 91.221.384, front.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Autry collection view: Rodeo Ben shirt worn by Gene Autry, object 91.221.384, back.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Upper-back detail of the 1930s Rodeo Ben shirt worn by Gene Autry, Autry object 91.221.560.
Rodeo Ben / Clothes & accessories
Christie’s 2010 lot-126 photograph of an auction-presented blue-yoked, embroidered Rodeo Ben ensemble with striped trousers and scarf.
Nathan Turk / Clothes & accessories
Freddie “Careless” Love’s Nathan Turk shirt, presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Nathan Turk / Clothes & accessories
Turk shirt worn by Philip K. Wrigley, in the Chicago History Museum.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Railroad imagery on a Hank Snow suit in the Hall of Fame exhibition.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Emmylou Harris outfit; museum reports purchase in early 1970s.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Johnny Cash’s 1976 Bicentennial suit, Old State House Museum collection 1986.047.06.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
MoMu identifies this as a 1970s Nudie Cohn suit worn by Bobbejaan Schoepen, inventory B12/8A. Photography: Diego Franssens.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Front view of Nudie Cohn’s own circa-1970 suit, Autry object 87.169.4. Photograph by Susan Einstein.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Jacket back from Nudie Cohn’s own circa-1970 suit, Autry object 87.169.4. Photograph by Susan Einstein.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Black embroidered suit on display at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and Tex Ritter Museum; UNT identifies it as a Nudie Cohn suit for Ray Price. Photograph by Randy Mallory, 2015.
Viola Grae / Clothes & accessories
Hank Thompson’s “Humpty Dumpty Heart” boots, 1964, as presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame; the museum credits the embroidered scene to Viola Grae.
Viola Grae / Clothes & accessories
Seller-presented view of the black embroidered jacket carrying a Viola Grae / California label.
Fay Ward / Clothes & accessories
A Fay Ward-labelled garment presented in an Augusta auction.
Fay Ward / Clothes & accessories
Blue Fay Ward Co. two-piece outfit: floral yokes, white fringe and broad trousers.
Manuel Cuevas / Clothes & accessories
Dwight Yoakam’s Manuel-designed ensemble, presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame as worn for the 1987 Hillbilly Deluxe cover and the “Little Sister” video.
Manuel Cuevas / Clothes & accessories
Front of Manuel's duster for George Clinton, Smithsonian object 2011.83.4.
Manuel Cuevas / Clothes & accessories
Back of the George Clinton duster, showing its scroll decoration.
Related story: Rose Clements / Clothes & accessories
Gram Parsons’s “Sin City” outfit, presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Front view of a black-and-cream embroidered shirt carrying the Sam A. Formann Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. label.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Front and collar view of the Sam A. Formann Co. shirt, showing collar embroidery and the label in place.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Pale blue-grey and dark-yoked Sam A. Formann Co. shirt, Augusta Auctions lot 683, October 2008.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Black-and-cream Sam A. Formann Co. shirt, Augusta Auctions lot 683, October 2008.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Close view of the cream yoke, rose embroidery, double piping and arrow-tipped pocket of the Sam A. Formann Co. shirt.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Back view of the Sam A. Formann Co. shirt, with rose embroidery across the cream yoke.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Close view of the Sam A. Formann Co. shirt’s embroidered back yoke and sleeve.
Sam Formann / Clothes & accessories
Auction-presented front view of the black-and-cream floral Western blouse offered as Augusta Auctions lot 701, October 2008.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Detail of Cindy Walker ensemble
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Detail of Cindy Walker ensemble; museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Nudie Suits and Boots” ↗
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Detail of Porter Wagoner suit
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Detail of Porter Wagoner suit; courtesy of Debra Jean Loy in museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Nudie Suits and Boots” ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Detail of Emmylou Harris outfit
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Detail of Emmylou Harris outfit; museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Nudie Suits and Boots” ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Additional detail of Emmylou Harris outfit
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Additional detail of Emmylou Harris outfit; museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Nudie Suits and Boots” ↗
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Chris Ethridge’s rose-embroidered jacket, pictured in the museum’s 2023 reunion announcement.
Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Dark embroidered ensemble — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Purple jacket, back view — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Cream embroidered ensemble — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Star decoration, garment detail — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Brown jacket, detail — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Blue decorated saddle — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Orange ensemble — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Clothes & accessories
Decorated hat — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nathan Turk / Labels
N. Turk label
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A maker’s label seen inside a surviving garment.
CMHOF, “Nathan Turk: Old World Meets New West” ↗
Read the story ↗Rodeo Ben / Labels
Ben the Rodeo Tailor label
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The shop label as photographed in the museum presentation.
CMHOF, “Rodeo Ben: The Expression of Perfection” ↗
Read the story ↗Nathan Turk / Labels
N. Turk label in Chicago History Museum shirt 1979.180.23: 13715 Ventura Boulevard, Van Nuys.
Nathan Turk / Labels
N. Turk / English Western Apparel label in Augusta Auctions’ lot 700 photograph, showing Sherman Oaks, California.
Nudie Cohn / Labels
A Nudie's Rodeo Tailors label presented by the Hall of Fame.
Nudie Cohn / Labels
Pre-bolero Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors label, in Christie’s 2010 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum Collection lot photograph.
Nudie Cohn / Labels
Close view of the Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors label and red-piped bib on the Gene Autry shirt, Autry object 91.221.505.
Viola Grae / Labels
The Viola Grae / California label in an Augusta auction view.
Viola Grae / Labels
'Embroidered by Viola Grae' worked into an auction-presented ensemble.
Viola Grae / Labels
A separate Rex Bell's Walking Box Brand label on the same ensemble.
Viola Grae / Labels
Seller-presented close view of the Viola Grae / California label inside the black embroidered jacket.
Fay Ward / Labels
The Fay Ward label shown with the Kay Arnold ensemble.
Fay Ward / Labels
Fay Ward Co. label inside the dealer-presented blue outfit.
Manuel Cuevas / Labels
Interior label of the George Clinton duster.
Sam Formann / Labels
Sam A. Formann Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. label, Augusta Auctions lot 683, October 2008.
Sam Formann / Labels
Second Sam A. Formann Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. label, Augusta Auctions lot 683, October 2008.
Sam Formann / Labels
Sam A. Formann Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. woven label inside the photographed shirt.
Sam Formann / Labels
Seller-presented label photograph on an Etsy listing for a second Sam A. Formann Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. Western shirt.
Sam Formann / Labels
Auction-presented close view of the Formann label in Augusta Auctions lot 701, October 2008.
Nudie Cohn / Labels
Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors label — Dream Suits
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Dream Suits exhibition press image. Photography: Hugo Maertens. Individual date and wearer are not supplied on this plate.
Mairi MacKenzie, Dream Suits research portfolio, Glasgow School of Art, PDF pp. 7–8, 13, 17, 21–29 ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / Catalogues
Cover of Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors Western Style Roundup, Autry object 97.148.14. The cover visibly prints Catalog No. 3 and 5015 Lankershim Boulevard.
Nudie Cohn / Catalogues
Cover of Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors Western Style Roundup, Autry object 97.148.12. The cover visibly prints Catalog No. 4 and 5015 Lankershim Boulevard.
Fay Ward / Catalogues
Inside a Fay Ward catalogue
Fay Ward / Catalogues
Fay Ward Company catalogue introduction, headed “The Best in Western Garb,” shown in the Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition.
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* ↗
Read the story ↗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
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) ↗
Read the story ↗Rodeo Ben / People
Rodeo Ben and Skeets Yaney in a Western shop
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Rodeo Ben stands at right; Skeets Yaney wears a patterned performance outfit among saddles, boots and clothes.
CMHOF, “Rodeo Ben: The Expression of Perfection” ↗
Read the story ↗Nathan Turk / People
Nathan Turk at his Van Nuys shop
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Turk sits behind a saddle before a rack of Western shirts; another shirt hangs at right.
CMHOF, “Nathan Turk: Old World Meets New West” ↗
Read the story ↗Nudie Cohn / People
Nudie Cohn with Gram Parsons
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Nudie sits among garment racks while Gram Parsons wears an embroidered white suit.
CMHOF, “Nudie Cohn: The Original Rhinestone Cowboy” ↗
Read the story ↗Fay Ward / People
Fay Ward in a Fay Ward shirt
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Ward wears a snap-front Western shirt with a floral-embroidered yoke.
CMHOF, “Western Style Roundup” ↗
Read the story ↗Manuel Cuevas / People
Manuel Cuevas in his studio
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Cuevas wears an embroidered Western shirt among garments, boots and studio tools.
CMHOF, “Manuel: The Rhinestone Rembrandt” ↗
Read the story ↗Jaime Castaneda / People
Jaime Castaneda at the Grammy Museum
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum captions this photograph “Jaime Castaneda at the Grammy Museum, 2017.”
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, “Jaime Castaneda: Western Torch-Bearer” ↗
Read the story ↗Manuel Cuevas / People
Manuel Cuevas and Marty Stuart, c. 1985. Photograph credited by the Country Music Hall of Fame to Raenne Rubenstein.
Nudie Cohn / Shops & places
The Nudie's Rodeo Tailors storefront in the Hall of Fame exhibition.
Marge Riley / Shops & places
A storefront image presented by Deserted Films with 'MARGE RILEY WESTERNS' signage.
Nathan Turk / Other documents
Van Nuys directory · 1945–46
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The 1945–46 directory lists Turk at 13711 Ventura Boulevard.
Los Angeles Public Library, *Van Nuys City Directory 1945–1946* ↗
Read the story ↗Marge Riley / Other documents
1964 Palm Springs directory listing for Marge Riley Western Riding Clothes at 227 South Palm Canyon Drive.
Marge Riley / Other documents
True West’s 2007 auction report on a shirt it describes as Roy Rogers’s first fringe shirt.
Marge Riley / Other documents
1966 Palm Springs telephone directory white-page listing for Riley Marge Westerns, 227 South Palm Canyon Drive.
Marge Riley / Other documents
Full 1966 Palm Springs telephone directory white page containing the Riley Marge Westerns entry.
Fay Ward / Other documents
Steer-roping results in the El Paso Morning Times, 8 March 1917: George Weir first, Fay Ward second and Tex McLeod third.
Fay Ward / Other documents
Rosin the Bow buyer’s guide, January 1946: Fay Ward, Cowboy Tailor, 306 West 48th Street, N.Y.C., in the Western and Farm Clothing listings.
Fay Ward / Other documents
Full Rosin the Bow buyer’s-guide page, January 1946, including Fay Ward’s Western and Farm Clothing listing.
Fay Ward / Other documents
Seller-presented photograph of a copy represented as the 1958 edition of Fay E. Ward’s The Cowboy at Work.
Fay Ward / Other documents
Cover of the 1987 University of Oklahoma Press edition of Fay E. Ward’s The Cowboy at Work.
Rose Clements / Drawings & needlework
Auction-presented framed needlepoint; its lower margin visibly reads “Rose Clements / 1989.”
Rose Clements / Drawings & needlework
Close view of the needlepoint’s figure and feathered headdress, as photographed for the auction presentation.
Rose Clements / Drawings & needlework
Close view of the lower-margin “Rose Clements / 1989” inscription in the auction presentation.
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