Brand poster,
"Brand posters" were hand-written pages of paper depicting the brands and descriptions of the livestock which had been turned in at the public corral as strays. The flimsy papers were usually posted at the church or town square so that owners of stray livestock could reclaim them.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Summary: | "Brand posters" were hand-written pages of paper depicting the brands and descriptions of the livestock which had been turned in at the public corral as strays. The flimsy papers were usually posted at the church or town square so that owners of stray livestock could reclaim them. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. Listing for 2 horses and a mule with a drawing of the brand found on each animal. Each animal is described in great detail, with puncture holes where it would have been nailed. Signed: Villa. de Salinas Victoria, 6 de Noviemrede, 1827, Jose Brijido Flores. The Cushing Library/Texas & Borderlands copy was acquired with Brand poster, 1828 November 1 and contains a bookseller's description. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ; 30 cm |