A whiteface steer charging the camera
date: label: Date made
content: 1937
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: Early in 1937, Mydans traveled to Texas to compile his first photo essay for <i>LIFE</i> magazine, covering everything from the state's last great cattle drive to its tough oil towns. This image, however, would not be published until 1939. According to the magazine caption, this short-horned steer is being cut from the herd by two young cow ponies in an effort to develop their hooves and expert footing (Feb. 13, 1939).
label: Description
content: Mydans later recalled his frightened reaction after developing the picture; he said <i>a photographer often concentrates so intently on what he is seeing that he is not aware of danger.</i>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Life Magazine
label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.025
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 30 in; 50.8 cm x 76.2 cm