JUST DON'T SPOOK 'EM

Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 20 x 16
Price: $3,500.00 USD
Availability: Sold

Gallery Info

NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM
1700 Northeast 63rd Street
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73111
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Artist Comments

It’s approaching the autumn of 1921 and the U.S. Post Office has been flying the air mail on the Transcontinental Route for just about a year. The sight and sound of the passing aircraft was becoming more common in parts of America and to most was an exciting novelty. Occasionally however, when forced to fly low and off course due to weather, the sudden appearance and noise of the strange biplane could be quite unwelcome.

For the cowboy keeping watch for threats to the herd, this was something rare and uncertain…hopefully it would pass without too much commotion.