Rodeo Cowboy, Madison Square Garden

Included in The Americans this "portrait" of classic American culture juxtaposed against a gritty New York street is typical of the kind of imagery seen throughout Frank's journey across the states in 1955-56. In his introduction to The Americans Jack Kerouac describes, "The humor, the sadness, the EVERYTHING-ness and American-ness of these pictures! Tall thin cowboy rolling butt outside Madison Square Garden New York for rodeo season, sad, spindly, unbelievable..."