Pictures from the Past (Pg.2)
In perusing Shorthorn books, journals, and magazines from 50 to 100 years ago, we come across pictures and advertisements which strike us as interesting or entertaining. Periodically we will be adding “new” old-time pictures—some humorous, some “nostalgic”, and some just quirky.
A pulling contest in 1940 featuring a pair of Milking Shorthorn oxen. Look at the concrete blocks on the sled!
From the Aug. 1940 Milking Shorthorn Journal: If you wanted to buy a magazine, look at the prices and also notice how you could pay for it. 1st class postage stamps in 1940 were 3 cents, and bulk mailing was even less.
Ad placed in the July 2009 Shorthorn World
Theodore Reynolds with his Milking Shorthorn bull in Huron County, Ohio in 1900. Photo submitted by his Great-great grand-daughter Regina Pratt.
Ad from 1947
The cow pictured above is “Guckian’s Betsy Pet Dawn”, the mother of the famous Shorthorn bull “Columbus”. This picture was taken when she was 14 years old.
Cherry Hill had a knack for clever ads—this one is from 1947
Shorthorns were “politically important” in the 1950’s. President Dwight Eisenhower is discussing the PS Troubador steer (1956 International Grand Champion) with Betty Royan, of Acadia Farms, Northfield, OH. Acadia Farms was owned by Cyrus Eaton who was a famous wealthy industrialist and philanthropist.
President Harry Truman at a livestock show in Walla Walla, Washington in 1950.
You can hardly see the ox that’s drawing the hay cart
Oxen Photo from Milking Shorthorn Journal, January 1962
Custom Firestone Co. van built in 1946 to promote “Royal Jupiter”, national grand champion Shorthorn.
This photo is from the 1971 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Phyllis Diller was the star entertainer at the show and she also paid $26,000 for 1/3 semen interest in the winning (Heritage) Shorthorn bull “A/E Acrobat”.
In the 1940’s, someone at Cherry Hill Shorthorns came up with great sales pitches.
This is an ad from 1929, prior to development of DDT and subsequent pesticides. The active ingredient in this “Fly Chaser” was lead arsenate—not something I’d want to have applied to a milk cow!
Shorthorns in Kentucky in the 1950’s.