Fifteen Unused Postcards form Stryker's "Photogloss" Rodeo Series.

Ft. Worth: Marvin D. Evans Co., [ca. 1940]. Fifteen half-tone photographic illustrations of rodeo scenes in postcard format. Titles are; #1 Casa Santa Gertrudis, Palatial Headquarters House of the famous King Ranch; #2 Paul Gould Bucked From Badger Mountain; #3 [2] Ernie Barnett High Handing Wild Bronc; #6 [2] Toots Mansfield Calf Roping and Clyde Burk Steer Roping; #7 Earl Wofford Bulldogging (Wrestling) Wild Texas Longhorn; #11 Nancy Bragg, Sensational Fancy Rider, in her Famous Back Bend Trick; #11 Vivian White, Champion Cowgirl, Sitting Pretty in Grand Entry ; #12 [2 of this number but with different postures] John Lindsey, Famous Rodeo Comedian and Hoytt Hefner, Daredevil Bullfighting Clown; #16 Sam Stewart, Texas Cowboy, Fighting a Brahma Bull; #20 Junior Martin Flying High on Carlsbad Bat; #22 Marvin Ramsey Lassoing Five Rodeo Horses; #23 Don and Virginia Wilcox, Trick Riders and Fancy Ropers. Very good."John Addison Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, on September 1, 1883. He graduated from Franklin Academy and Zanerian Art College of Penmanship, and became an expert in Spencerian handwriting. He took up photography to aid in the publicity of the Kearney Normal Schools, where he served as Supervisor of Penmanship. Stryker married one of his students, Elsie Johnson, in 1919. His love of the outdoors led him to hone his photography skills, and he quickly learned to use the small Eastman box camera in 1917 and eventually a Graflex camera to capture rodeo photographs. Stryker entered and won a contest for the best rodeo photograph, which inspired him to work full-time in the rodeo, as a photographer, announcer, and producer. In 1928, he worked for Ringling Brothers circus for a year as an announcer. In 1940, he and his wife moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and he continued to photograph in the area. Stryker died in 1973" (Witliff Collection)