In the 1930s, all any American boy wanted to be was a sailor. During the 1940s, he only wanted to be a pilot. By the 1950s, though, he desperately wanted to be a cowboy. TV programs such as “The Lone Ranger”, “The Gene Autry Show”, and “The Roy Rogers Show” ignited the “cowboy craze” of the post-war “baby boom” generation. The merchandise promoting those shows let any young buckaroo feel like a singing cowboy, all he needed was the guitar. This Vintage 1950s Jefferson “Cowboy Craze” Kid’s Roy Rogers, Trigger, & Dale Evans Acoustic Guitar is in Good Condition, missing the uppermost string, and with the bottom right string post (which originally secured the missing string) having chipped away long ago, heavy chipping to the upper back right neck, some scattered dark soiling and edge scuffing throughout, and with some overall fragility and age wear evident. Otherwise, the guitar is in fine shape, with no other damage to the pressed fiber or cardboard construction. Most interestingly, it bears a wonderful depiction of Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Dale Evans in white, orange, and brown around the front body, sports 5 out of 6 of the original strings, which still remain pluckable, and carries the original “MANUFACTURED BY / Jefferson / PHILA. 33, PA. / U.S.A.” gold foil maker’s tag at the front head. The presence of the two digit postal code rather than a 5 digit ZIP code on that tag denotes pre-1963 manufacture. It boasts 5 out of 6 of the original string posts, features all of the original tuning keys, and is complete with the original, thin brownish red and white neck cord. A fine example of a rare, original Vintage 1950s Jefferson “Cowboy Craze” Kid’s Roy Rogers, Trigger, & Dale Evans Acoustic Guitar, and a great relic of a halcyon era, the “mom and apple pie” 1950s.