Ralph R. Doubleday

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]

Ralph R. Doubleday and his camera in 1947 (Lakeland, Florida).

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

References
  1. "Guide to the Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs". Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  2. "Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center".
  3. "Exhibits @ Dickinson Museum Center". dickinsonmuseumcenter.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05.
  4. "Ralph R. Doubleday". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

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


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