Each necklace is an original creation:
-Pendant necklaces are miniature prints of my original paintings of female trick riders in the 1900s
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May Manning
Tillie Baldwin
Gene Krieg Creed
Tillie Baldwin
Bea Kirnan
Trick Rider Tillie Upside Down Sweater
Trick Rider Tillie Sweater
Tillie Baldwin
Born in Norway as Matilda Winger, Tillie Baldwin changed both her name and career (formerly a hairdresser). This champion cowgirl created her signature bloomer outfit in 1913. Clothing stores carried very few cowgirl outfits at this time, so self creation was a must. Tillie is renown for her 7-inch brim Stetson and for riding with a "hogleg" at her side. Any real cowfolk knows a hogleg is a six-shooter.
May Manning
May Manning, a Philadelphia girl, Smith College graduate, and wife of famous western showman Pawnee Bill discovered early in marriage she could not bear children. She threw herself into learning how to ride, rope, and shoot.
She performed for over 25 years.
Gene Krieg
Colorado cowgirl Gene Krieg Creed traveled the world as a trick rider in the 20's and 30's. Her career ended abruptly in 1941 before an audience at Madison Square Garden. Standing tall on her galloping horse, Shiek, Creed prepared to fall backward into a "suicide drag." Her horse, spooked by a fur coat in the crowd, stopped quickly. The sudden move slammed Creed's head on the ground and ended her cowgirl career.
Tillie Baldwin
Born in Norway as Matilda Winger, Tillie Baldwin changed both her name and career (formerly a hairdresser). This champion cowgirl created her signature bloomer outfit in 1913. Clothing stores carried very few cowgirl outfits at this time, so self creation was a must. Tillie is renown for her 7-inch brim Stetson and for riding with a "hogleg" at her side. Any real cowfolk knows a hogleg is a six-shooter.
Bea Kirnan
There's not much information on Bea Kirnan, however, she is in many photos with the most accomplished cowgirls of the early 1900's. She is depicted here in a crowd-pleasing trick-riding stunt at a rodeo sometime around 1915.
Corinne Williams
Corinne Williams, a famous rodeo cowgirl from the 1920's, lived the life of a "bulldogger." A bulldogger is a rodeo performer who jumps from horseback to wrestle a steer. Wearing satin pants and often roses in her hair she said, " I tried to look pretty. You're not going to sell if you look tough."
Bonnie McCarroll
In 1915, Bonnie McCarroll took a bad fall at the Pendelton Round-up. Fourteen years later, at the same rodeo, McCarroll couldn't fight loose of her faulty stirrups and she fell from the bronc. She died several days later of internal injuries. Bad publicity forced the Pendleton Round-up to eliminate the ladies bronc riding events.
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