Mystery Photo: Guns, Booze and Cards

Cowboy outfits featuring furry chaps were a favorite costume of photo subjects at G. E. Sackett’s Owl Studio in Duluth during the early 1900s. Several Mystery Photos on Perfect Duluth Day feature unnamed dudes dressed as buckaroos. This is the first time we’ve seen a lawman in one of these old postcards, however.

This postcard was never mailed and has no notes on the back, so the date and the names are unknown. We can estimate the year is about 1913 based on the Owl Studio address of 220 W. Superior St.