Branding a calf in a squeeze chute
Creator: Kansas Farmer Magazine
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
View of men watching a demonstration of calf branding in Chautauqua County, Kansas. The calf is held in a squeeze chute.

Branding calves on the Salt Fork, Barber County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
View of two cowboys branding calves on the Salt Fork in Barber County, Kansas. Four cowboys on horseback are holding ropes attached to the calves, and a herd of cattle is visible in the background.

Branding cattle
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a view of men branding cattle in Seward County, Kansas, or in Oklahoma.

Branding cattle in Wichita County, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows ranchers branding cattle on Charley Sims' ranch in Wichita County, Kansas. A windmill and a barn/shed are visible in the background.

Branding cattle on the Nick Kramer Ranch, Pierceville, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photographs show men branding cattle on Nick Kramer's Ranch in Pierceville, Finney County, Kansas.

Branding cattle, Scott City, Kansas
Date: 1906
This photograph shows cattle being branded on the J.W. Lough's ranch near Scott City, Kansas. In the foreground a woman dressed in white is branding a cow while ranch hands look on. Several cattle are visible in the background.

Cattle branding
Creator: Reid, Hal
Date: Between 1908 and 1912
The postcard is a real photo postcard, titled Branding on the Plains, published by Hal Reid, a jeweler, in Liberal, Kansas. His postcards were mostly all about ranching and farming in the Liberal area and views of Liberal.

Cattle branding near Arkalon, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
Con Jackson (left) and Lee Larrabee (right) are branding and ear-marking an animal near Arkalon, Kansas. Two horses with ropes tied to the saddles are visible in the photograph. Jackson won the riding contest at the Cattleman's Convention in Wichita, Kansas, in the spring of 1901. A horse soon learns to keep the rope stretched tight so the animal has no ability to use the rope to jerk the horse.

Cattle branding on the Garst ranch south of Coldwater, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
This is a view of a cowboy branding an animal on the Garst ranch south of Coldwater, Kansas. Two cowboys on horseback are holding ropes attached to the animal, and a herd of cattle is visible in the background.

Cattle round-up
Date: Between 1870 and 1899
This black and white photograph shows a cattle round-up at the 101 Ranch, Hunnewell, Kansas.

Roping an outlaw steer near Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
View of three cowboys on horseback holding ropes attached to a steer, and a single cowboy, standing on the ground, holding the steer's tail.

Round-up on the Nunnemacher and Edgar Ranch near Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1898
View of a round-up of about 2,000 head of cattle on the Nunnemacher and Edgar Ranch near Ashland, Clark County, Kansas. Two horse-drawn carriages and railroad tracks are visible in the foreground. Cowboys branding a cow, and a herd of cattle, are visible in the background.

Stockyards, Minneola, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
This photograph shows a group of men preparing to brand a steer in the stockyards at Minneola, Kansas. In the background the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad depot, water tank and windmill are visible.