Walter S. Bowman

A 1915 photograph by Walter S. Bowman of Bonnie McCarroll being thrown from a horse named Silver at the Pendleton Round-Up (Displayed by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame)

Walter Scott Bowman (February 8, 1865 – November 27, 1938[1]) was a prominent professional photographer in Pendleton, Oregon. His work is included in the University of Oregon's[2] Bowman, Moorhouse, Furlong, and Drake collections. Bowman captured well known action shots from the Pendleton Round-Up that are included at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. The National Cowboy Museum includes numerous Bowman photographs and postcard images.[3] Bowman photographed events around Umatilla, Oregon, including parades, marching bands, railroad scenes, Pendleton High School team pictures, dances, studio portraits and images of Native American (the Umatilla Indian Reservation is adjacent to the city of Pendleton).[4][5][2] The University of Oregon's Walter S. Bowman photographs collection includes 379 glass-plate negatives, 51 cellulose acetate negatives, and 200 silver gelatin photoprints.[6][4]

  1. ^ "Bowman, Walter Scott – Obituary". Access Genealogy. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b University of Oregon [dead link‍]
  3. ^ National Cowboy Museum Photographic Study Collection
  4. ^ a b Oregon Digital [dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Umatilla men on horseback at the Pendleton Round up, Oregon, 1910".
  6. ^ Guide to the Walter S. Bowman photographs Northwest Digital Archives