Justin & Sons, and the products of other prominent manufacturers. While much of the catalog is devoted to advertising Visalia saddles and accessories, it also contains Stetson hats, overalls from Levi Strauss, handsome boots by H. Russell (for $2.50!), and a wide array of other articles. Customers could also find hand-sewn headstalls, fence tools, new mouthpieces for old bits, spurs and spur rowels, leather coats, a set of 12 pictures with western themes by Charles M. Listing over 120 different items and containing 580 illustrations, it included everything from Bickmore's Gall Cure, wool blankets and rawhide hackamores to Ding skirts, saddle bags, and angora chaps.

(Even during the Depression, the firm was able to offer its high-end, silver mounted saddles for as much as $350.00.) The present publication is an unabridged reprint of the company's Catalog #31 of 1938, which was exceptional for the variety of merchandise it offered. At its peak, it boasted several prestigious saddlemaking establishments, among them the Visalia Company, which, for more than 80 years, set the standards for high-quality, lightweight, elaborately carved and ornamented saddles. In the mid-1800s, Visalia, California, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was a thriving cattle town. The back cover has the original price tag attached. The heavy stock wraps are in very good condition, but for some shelf-rubbing. No bookplate nor inscription of previous owner. The first eight pages have a ripple in the lower right-hand corner. The text block and numerous illustrations are in fine condition, with no marks, tears, or dog-ears. of California, 1999 reprint by Dover Publications complete with 580 illustrations along with descriptions and prices, new edition edited and introduced by Victor M. SADDLE AND WESTERN GEAR CATALOG, 1938 issued by the Visalia Stock Saddle Co.

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