Saddle Marker

Modesto, California, June, 1975.80-year old Jess Tharp had been making and repairing saddles since 1922. He change careers from full time cowboy to working in a saddletree shop in Utah after he returned from World War I. In Jess's south Modesto shop he restored a saddle mad by Main & Winchester of San Francisco in the 1880s. He use this saddle on his mare to ride in the 1975 4th of July parade in Modesto. .Photo By Al Golub/Golub Photography

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Image Size: 5543x3776 / 4.5MB; http://www.golubphoto.com/; Modesto California July 02 1975 Horses cowboys photography Western outdoors Spring Roping Cattle Riding cows beef chaps fence. Al Golub Camera nature Saddle boots Dust craftsmanship reins cantle fender stirrup colt Jess Tharp leather
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Modesto, California, June, 1975.80-year old Jess Tharp had been making and repairing saddles since 1922. He change careers from full time cowboy to working in a saddletree shop in Utah after he returned from World War I. In Jess's south Modesto shop he restored a saddle mad by Main & Winchester of San Francisco in the 1880s. He use this saddle on his mare to ride in the 1975 4th of July parade in Modesto. .Photo By Al Golub/Golub Photography