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| View Original: | A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas LCCN2014631460.tif.tiff (7360x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas LCCN2014631460.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Since 1958 the event sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum The Round-Up was started as a way to control the population of snakes in their brushy area of Texas According to the Jaycees the large population of rattlesnakes was harming local farmers and ranchers who were losing their livestock to these natural predators Today the round-up attracts tens of thousands of visitors bent on sampling fried rattesnake or beef barbecue prepared in what the organizers call the biggest barbecue cook-off ever seen And buses take interested visitors on tours to let people get the feel of the rattlesnake's habitat ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014631460 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/27200/27260a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 27260 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 27260 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||