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Original 1887 Photograph of Known Montana Cowboy D.J. OMalley Autographed

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
Original 1887 Photograph of Known Montana Cowboy D.J. OMalley Autographed
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Original 1887 photograph of known Montana cowboy D.J. OMalley, autographed. Back of photo written in period ink: "Yours Truly, D.J. OMalley, The N-N Kid or Kid White. Taken on the Yellowstone. Above Miles City, August 1887." Photo measures 5" x 7" on board 7" x 10".

Dominick John O'Malley (April 30, 1867-March 6, 1943), also known as Dominick White and The N Bar N Kid White, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry. He is best known for his song "When the Work's All Done This Fall" originally published as the poem "After the Roundup".

D.J OMalley worked as a cowboy & horse wrangler for the N Bar N ranch near Miles City. From 1881-1896, he worked for the N Bar N in various jobs, including driving cattle from Texas to Montana. The ranch was sold in 1896, and OMalley rode for several Eastern Montana outfits including the M Diamond, the Bow and Arrow, the L U Bar, and the Quarter Circle L. He became a special deputy sheriff in Rosebud and was an inspector for the Montana Stock Growers Association. After retiring from cowboy life, he moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He died there on March 6, 1943.

Many of his early pieces were published in the Miles City Stock-Growers Journal, under the pen name N Bar N Kid White. Many were popularized as songs. His career as a cowboy poet began in 1889 when he penned "To the Memory of Wiley Collins" about a chuckwagon cook who was killed by lightning. He collected many of his works in a book entitled The N Bar N Kid White, published posthumously in 2000 by the Montana Historical Society, which holds his collected papers.