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Boyd Polhamus, rodeo announcer, poses with Mexican American Luis Canela, the master of ceremonies for the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza during the 100th anniversary of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Boyd wears a denim shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. He wears an ID card that reads: "National Western 07 B. Polhamus Coliseum announcer." Luis Canela wears a Mexican charro jacket with silver buttons, a silk bow tie and a Mexican sombrero with an embroidered brim.

Roberto Torres, Jr. carries the flag in the opening event of the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza during the 100th anniversary of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Roberto rides a horse, wearing a traditional Mexican cowboy (charro) costume with an embossed leather jacket, chaps and a sombrero decorated with gold braid. He holds an American flag on a staff topped with a brass eagle.

View from the pedestrian overpass, known as the catwalk, of the grounds of the National Western Stock Show complex, 4655 Humboldt St., in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows people near tents and animal holding pens and Hereford cattle.

A large audience watches the 1997 Junior Livestock Auction in the Hall of Education at the National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt Street in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The prize winning steer is in the ring accompanied by his owner. A blanket of flowers is on the steer's back. Judges sit at a table decorated with bunting. Oversize ribbon shaped posters on the back wall read: "Reserve Champion Hog 1996, $5,750," "Reserve Champion Lamb 1996, $7,750," "Reserve Champion Steer 1996, $14,000," "Grand Champion Steer 1996, $36,000," "Grand Champion Lamb 1996, $8,500" and "Grand Champion Hog 1996, $8,500."

View of a National Western Stock Show entry inside the arena, Denver, Colorado; a woman and young man with a number "1" armband ride in a horse-drawn carriage. A man with a number "3" armband gestures to the couple.