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Description: An autographed portrait of a man identified as Jerry Ambler. He stands in a dirt filled area, most likely rodeo grounds, holding a thick braided rope. He is dressed in a cowboy hat, button-up long sleeved shirt, jacket, leather chaps and cowboy boots. Partially visible on the side of his chaps is his first name. He stands in front of a wooden fence. Behind the fence are tipis, horses and a man on horseback. In the foreground of the image are partially visible saddles. The print is autographed in black ink on the right corner of the print. The handwriting reads, "To my friend Lee from Jerry Ambler". Jerry Ambler was the 1948 saddle bronc champion of the Pendleton Round Up. Source : Let'er Buck! a history of the Pendleton Round-Up by Virgil Rupp.

Description: The image displays a partial view of a man on a horse whose rope is attached to the leg of a horse that is lying on its side in the middle of a rodeo arena. This rope has been drawn over in black and white. A man stands next to this horse with a black line drawn from his hands extending to the back of the horse. A white horse that is outlined in black and white also has a black line drawn connecting it to the horse lying on its side. In the background is a large covered grandstand filled with spectators. This image is a postcard that has roughly one inch cut off horizontally from its bottom edge. This image was chosen for its depiction of the process of image editing.

Description: A man identified as Alex Shippentower poses for the camera at the RoundUp. He is dressed in a cowboy hat that is secured to his head with two strip of material tied under his chin, handkerchief, and long sleeved button-up shirt. His hair is secured in braids. In his left hand he holds an unidentified object. He stands in the middle of a dirt road with out of focus automobiles in the background.

Description: A man identified as Homer Wilson wrestles a steer in a rodeo arena at the Pendlton Roundup. He lies on the ground with both hands raised in the air as he bites the lip of the steer. He is dressed in a striped long-sleeved shirt, pants, and cowboy boots. Attached to the back of his shirt is a piece of paper with the an unidentifiable number next to the number "9". Spectators watch the cowboy behind a wooden fence on the right side of the image. Visible in the arena with Wilson is a man on horseback wearing a cowboy hat. In the background are out of focus grandstands and spectators.

Description: A man identified as John Thomas wrestles a steer in a rodeo arena at the Pendleton Roundup. Both of his arms are wrapped around the steer's horns as he struggles to pull the animal to the ground. In the background a wooden grandstand, spectators, deciduous trees, and two American flags are visible.

Description: A man identified as Martin Schmidt is lying in the grass in front of an appaloosa horse. He is wearing a cowboy hat, long-sleeved shirt, holster containing bullets and gun, and wooly chaps. A handkerchief is tied around his neck. The horse is fitted with a saddle, bridle and reins. Coiled rope hangs from the saddle. Deciduous trees, flowers, and a wooden fence are visible in the background.

Description: Three men, one identified as War Eagle, pose on the set of the film The Great Sioux Uprising. In the foreground a man in a cowboy hat sits with his hands folded on his lap. He wears a jacket over a shirt with a collar. On his lap is an unidentified object, possibly a book. Standing beside him is a man dressed in regalia. Three large feathers extend out from his hair. He wears shell necklaces, bone breastplate, and long sleeve buckskin shirt andpants with fringes and beadwork. His hair is contained in two braids with fur hair wraps. In the background is a man with long, dark hair contained in two braids. He wears a necklace, and long sleeved shirt under a vest with beadwork on its surface. In the distance are three tipis, trees, a man dressed in Euro-American clothing, and animal hides that hang from wooden poles. The location of this image has been identified as the set of the movie The Great Sioux Uprising which was released in 1953. Photos online identify the man in the cowboy hat as Jeff Chandler, who was the star of the film.

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