Photograph Of Tillie Baldwin, Only Woman Bull Dogger In The World

PAIGE E. H. [PHOTOGRAPHER]

Publication: Photographed by E H Paige, 1913, N P

Silver gel photograph on a tan mount with a decorative border with photographer's imprint and title information in white ink at the bottom of the photograph. Print measures 9 1/2" x 7 1/4" and 14" x 12" with matting. The photograph is of the famous Tillie Baldwin, the only woman bull dogger in the world, wrestling over a steer. "Tillie Baldwin (1888-1958), born Anna Mathilda Winger, was an American rodeo contestant and performer in Wild West shows. She is credited as being one of the first woman to attempt steer wrestling. Anna Mathilda Winger was born in Arendal, Norway. She immigrated to the United States at age 14 and first trained as a hair dresser. She began her rodeo career riding during 1911 in Los Angeles, California where she won the bronc riding competition. At the Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon during 1912, she won both the trick riding and cowgirls' bronc riding contests. She was also a trick rider and relay racer. Her image was captured by Walter S. Bowman, a professional photographer in Pendleton. Mathilda Winger became Tillie Baldwin after she joined Captain Jack Baldwin's Wild West Show. She later joining Will Rogers' vaudeville troupe and then worked at the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. She credited Will Rogers for first giving her the opportunity to become famous. Later in life she ran a riding academy. In 1941 she married William C. Slate (1901-1975) in Essex, Connecticut. She died in 1958 in Connecticut at age 70. She was buried in Union Cemetery in Niantic, Connecticut." --- Wikipedia. Little was found on the photographer of this image, Edward H. Paige, except that he was based in Davenport, Washington and had his studio there in 1898. Paige was not listed in Carl Mautz's "Biographies of Western Photographers" (1997). The border has two tiny pin holes at the top where the photograph was displayed on a wall, at the top of one side the pin hole has broken away to become a small chip in the margin (not affecting the image), also the margin is lightly soiled, else a very good copy of a vintage image of a lady rodeo star.

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