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[Photograph of Melrose Myres and a saddle]

Description: Photograph of Melrose Myres standing behind a saddle made by her father, Sam Myres. The saddle has a floral design. Melrose is visible from the chest up and is wearing two large white bows in her hair. The photograph is surrounded by a brown frame with a floral design.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of Sam Myres with the champion cowgirl of El Paso]

Description: Photograph of Sam Myres and the Champion cowgirl. Myres is wearing a fringed jacket and a cowboy hat. The woman is wearing a shiny button up shirt tucked into trousers. The woman and Myres are holding an elaborately designed saddle with "Champion Cowgirl El Paso" engraved onto it. They are standing in front of a cement wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard of an S. D. Myres Saddle Company Saddle]

Description: Postcard with an image of "The World's Finest Astride Saddle," advertising a contest with the text, "This handsom Silver and Gold mounted Astride Saddle will be given away to the Rider who sends the most orders between June first 1917 and December first 1918 by S. D. Myres, Saddlery, Sweetwater, Texas." The back of the postcard does not contain correspondence.
Date: 1917~
Creator: S. D. Myres Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard with Cowboys lassoing a bear]

Description: Postcard that depicts four cowboys on horses and a bear. Two of the cowboys are trying to lasso the bear. The scene is set in a dry, mountainous area with sparse vegetation. On the back of the postcard there is a space for a message to be written. In the top right, there is a space for a stamp in the shape of a cow skull.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of Mrs. S. D. Myres]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. S. D. Myres wearing a light colored, collared dress. She has a gun holster to her side with a gun inside. She is also holding a gun in her right hand. She is standing outside in front of a tree.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of S. D. Myres Saddle Company cutout display]

Description: Photograph of a cut out display for the S.D. Myres Saddle Company. The cut out is of a man in a suit and hat standing next to a display of an elaborately decorated saddle. Above that is a display of a harness and bridle. There is a sign on the bottom right of the saddle that reads "This Artistic Saddle Made Especially For Sam Lard of the Ladder Ranch by S.D. Myres Saddle Co."
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard of "Melrose and the $10,000 Saddle"]

Description: Postcard featuring Melrose Myres posing behind the $10,000 saddle made by Sam Myres of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company for the 101 Ranch. Text below the photo describes the saddle; the lower-right corner of the postcard including some text is missing. The name D. W. Voorhies is written on the back, as well as "S.D. Myers Shop."
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of the interior of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company Shop. From the shape of the walls, it looks to be the inside of the Sweetwater shop, however the light fixtures seem to fit the time period he would have been in the El Paso Shop. The photograph shows a room with dozens of saddles in the forefront as well as other Western related gear hanging on the walls and ceiling.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of four men and a horse]

Description: Photograph of four men standing with a horse. There is one man standing on the right of the horse, he is dressed in Jockey gear complete with a helmet and goggles. The three men on the left are all wearing cowboy hats. The man on the far left is wearing a dark suit with a tie and glasses. Next to him to the right there is a man wearing a button up shirt with a jacket, he seems to be holding a large blanket. Next to him to the right is a man wearing a long sleeve, striped shirt with khaki pants.… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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