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Sheep breeds

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Advertisement for Karakul Sheep. "Bringing a Harem to Texas", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3031
Scope and Contents

Article, illustration and photographs from the St. Louis Dispatch, January 24, 1909 entitled, "Bringing a Harem to Texas" about Dr. C C Young's importing Karakul sheep from Bokhara [Uzbekistan] to Holliday [Texas]. The illustraion shows a man in Arabic dress offering a platter with small men on it to a Western man in a top hat. There is a map of the Central Asian region and two photographs of women in Uzbek costume.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Doozbai Karakule [sic] Ram, Dr. [C C] Young, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2321
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Doozbai Karakul ram that weighed 302 lbs at 3 years of age at belonged to Dr. Young standing in a sheep pen in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Karakul Lambs and Dr. [C C] Young, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2323
Scope and Contents

Photograph of eight black Karakul lambs in a sheep pen with Dr. [C C] Young crouching next to them in the lower right hand corner in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Karakule [Karakul] Sheep and Young's Manager, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1719
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Karakule [Karakul] sheep in a sheep pen next to a barn with a man, Young's manager, and a boy holding lambs in the early 20th century [possibly in El Paso, Texas, United States].

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Typical Karakul Coarse Wool Ram, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1705
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a typical Karakul coarse wool ram in a sheep pen taken on the ranch of Dr. C.C. Young near El Paso, Texas [United States] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s