Item 15: Dipping Sheep, 1907

Color image depicts scene on a sheep ranch where hundreds of sheep are in pens. Men are preparing medicated preparations in a long narrow trough. The sheep will be driven single file through the trough to soak their wool in order to prevent diseases. Printed on reverse: "Dipping Sheep. A unique and picturesque feature of sheep raising on a large scale in the southwest of America is the 'dipping' of the sheep to prevent and eliminate disease. The sheep are driven into great pens; from those they run single file through long narrow troughs filled with medicated preparations, and their wool becomes thoroughly soaked with the curative liquid." Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons "Raphotype" (Regd.), "Ranching in the West." Printed in Holland. Message written from Winslow, Ariz., Dec. 11, 1907; postmarked Dec. 11, 1907 in Flagstaff, Ariz. 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.