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| View Original: | "Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire LCCN2013650768.tif.tiff (4724x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: "Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire LCCN2013650768.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Credit line Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Gift; Carol M Highsmith; 2013; DLC/PP-2002 038-10 ; Tex's voice was created by a live human observing from a nearby trailer Big Tex began as a Santa Claus -- the world's tallest at the time -- in little Kerens Texas But when the novelty wore off in 1951 the town sold the components to the Texas State Fair for 750 The fair hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material ; Forms part of the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date subject note and keywords based on information provided by the photographer 2012 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2013650768 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/18700/18724a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 18724 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 18724 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Big Tex | ||||