One of my favorite images from my collection. The dusty, dirty mood and lone cowboy standing guard over his ramshackle kingdom. A stalwart sentinel, a modern sphinx waiting for the answers to his riddle.
I don't know anything about this picture. There is no date or information written and I have no idea where or who it came from. Is this guy a relative? A great uncle who decided to move west from Milwaukee to find his fortune but got stuck somewhere in the plains where he settled in a clapboard shed where he spent his days smoking a pipe and keeping watch for indians or simply other passers by. Or just someone along the side of the road who made a good model due to his arch-typical western nature?
The mystery is what makes it so interesting to me.
