Walter S. Bowman

Walter Scott Bowman (February 8, 1865 – November 27, 1938[1]) was a prominent professional photographer in Pendleton, Oregon.

Bowman captured well known action shots from the Pendleton Round-Up that are included at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

[3] Bowman photographed events around Umatilla, Oregon, including parades, marching bands, railroad scenes, Pendleton High School team pictures, dances, studio portraits and images of Native American (the Umatilla Indian Reservation is adjacent to the city of Pendleton).

Bowman died in 1938 after crashed his car off an icy road embankment about 10 miles east of Pendleton; his wife was also injured.

She moved to Umatilla County at 13 and lived in Pilot Rock, Oregon, with her mother Fritz Ellenberger.

[2] The university's collection of Bowman photographs includes images donated to the library from 1947 to 1953 through the efforts of Umatilla County Court Judge James H. Sturgis and Lee D. Drake, a Pendleton newspaperman, county clerk, and collector of historic materials.

[12] Drake was a partner in the East Oregonian Publishing Co. and head of the Old Oregon Trail Committee of Umatilla County.

A 1915 photograph by Walter S. Bowman of Bonnie McCarroll being thrown from a horse named Silver at the Pendleton Round-Up (Displayed by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame )