Ralph R. Doubleday Explained

Ralph Russell Doubleday (July 4, 1881 – June 30, 1958)^[1] was a rodeo photographer in the United States.^[2] Rodeo historian and promoter Foghorn Clancy said Doubleday was the "undisputed World's Champion Rodeo Photographer".^[2] His work is featured at the Dickinson Museum Center including the museum's Guide to the Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs and the traveling exhibit Doubleday's Cowgirls: Women in Rodeo.^{[3] [2]}

Doubleday traveled the U.S. for 40 years photographing rodeos and making picture postcards. He ran a photo studio in Dickinson from 1914 to 1920. It became the Presthus and then the Horstman Studio.^[3]

Doubleday was inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1988.^[4]

See also

• Walter S. Bowman

Self portrait

• Ralph R. Doubleday with his camera, ca. 1945. Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs 79.026.1850 Dickinson Research Center

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guide to the Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs . Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center . 2014-08-28.
2. Web site: Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center.
3. Web site: Exhibits @ Dickinson Museum Center . dickinsonmuseumcenter.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130205082418/http://dickinsonmuseumcenter.com/what-we-do/exhibits/ . 2013-02-05.
4. Web site: Ralph R. Doubleday . National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum . February 9, 2022.