PADGITT BROS. CO. DALLAS, TEXAS. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF SADDLES, HARNESS, HORSE COLLARS, LEATHER, SADDLERY HARDWARE, SHOE FINDINGS. CATALOGUE No. 83. [cover title] by [Trade catalogue] - 1917

(Dallas, TX): (printed by Egan Printing Co., for the company), 1917. Trade catalogue. Oblong 4to. 526 pp. Frontispiece trademark illustration and numerous other illustrations from line drawings and photographs. Padgitt Brothers Company was established in 1869 and incorporated in 1900; the company's success "in supplying the needs of the saddlery trade of the Southwest [gave them] first-hand knowledge of materials and design that [were] recognized as standard wherever good goods are sold." Their catalogues were "a veritable encyclopedia of saddlery facts, classified for your convenience ... there is no reason why this book should not prove a 'silent partner' in the success of every dealer who will utilize its pages freely." The profusely illustrated catalogue, with pricing information, is organized into sections for saddles and varieties of tack down to spurs, buckles, hobbles, canvas wagon covers, buggy tops, blankets, and feedbags. The Padgitt "Bronco Brand" saddle and accessories were widely known throughout the Southwest. OCLC locates two copies of this number (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, San Jacinto Museum of History). Owner's name on front wrapper, a very good copy. Printed green wrappers, original printed cloth tape spine (some soiling and chipping to wrappers, tape repair to verso of rear wrapper, chipping to margin of final blank). (#6216).