Subject: cowboy

Culture: Western American

Setting: range wars, American West late 19th-early 20thc.

Object: costume

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Cattle Raisers Museum

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Cattle Raiser's Museum

"CHAPS, STEP-IN OR STOVE-PIPE, c1870-1890

Leather, brass, cotton

Chaps were worn over pants as protective clothing when riding through brushy terrain. This stove-pipe design was used by early cowboys." ...

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Cattle Raiser's Museum

"STETSON HAT, c1900 Leather, felt , satin

One of the most defining pieces of a cowboy's clothing is his hat. Handling the crown of the hat would make the crown become dented. Modifications were made -- and this one, with the Carlsbad crease -- was the first popular modification.

"Credit for the cowboy hat as it is known today generally goes to John B. Stetson." ...