Western (genre)
Videos
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890. The genre is commonly associated with folk ta
The Lone Ranger, a famous heroic lawman, was with a cavalry of six Texas Rangers until they all, except for him, were killed. He preferred to remain anonymous, so he resigned and built a sixth grave that supposedly held his body. He fights on as a lawman, wearing a mask, for "Outlaws live in a world of fear. Fear of the mysterious".
Justus D. Barnes, in Western apparel, from the silent film The Great Train Robbery (1903), the second Western film and the first one shot in the United States
Gary Cooper in Vera Cruz
James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
Western wear
Videos
Western wear is a category of men's and women's clothing which derives its unique style from the clothes worn in the 19th century Wild West. It ranges from accurate historical reproductions of America
Woman wearing fringe jacket and hat, United States, 1953
Lawman Bat Masterson wearing a bowler hat. The bowler hat was later replaced by the cowboy hat.
1950s style Western shirt with snap fastenings of the type popularized by singing cowboys
Cowboy wearing leather chaps at a rodeo