Buffalo Bill Cody rides a horse while shooting at a herd of buffalo running across the dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A Native American man, wearing a feather headdress, rides in the right...
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie and "Buffalo Jones" for a full-length studio portrait. Cody, on the left, holds a rifle propped on its end. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles, a large square buckle on...
Wild west shows--1900-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1926.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Nate Salsbury poses in a chair near the entrance to his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several pictures of "Buffalo Bill" are in the background inside the tent. Salsbury wears a long coat and...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Actors--1890-1900.; Show tents--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent where King Leopold of Belgium (with beard) stands with three young boys and two men. A stuffed buffalo is on each side of the tent's entrance. Additional stuffed buffaloes are placed...
Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of people in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West in England. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits in the right center of the front row next to a...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie and Charles J. "Buffalo Jones" Jones for a full-length, studio portrait. Cody is on the left and holds a rifle propped on its end. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles...
Wild west shows--1900-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses in the center of a large group of members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during the show's last European tour in London. Cody wears a buckskin coat and a hat. He has a white goatee and...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A group of six men is gathered in front of a log cabin used in a scene during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. John Nelson guided Brigham Young to Utah in 1847 and was a scout with William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody at Fort McPherson in 1869. He...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Flags--British--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Keen, Jule.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in a tent in the center background with young Johnny Baker standing near him. A man sits under Cody's tent. A banner with a buffalo head painted on it flies above the tent. The tent is probably the...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A large buffalo is in the foreground tied to a post in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. While touring at Earl's Court in England, this particular buffalo reportedly got loose, charged his keeper three times and was finally shot.
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the left center of a group of Native American chiefs. The group includes, from left, Brave Chief, Eagle Chief, Knife Chief, Young Chief, Buffalo Bill, American Horse, Rocky Bear, Flys Above and Long...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Brave Chief.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Eagle Chief.; Flys Above.; Knife Chief.; Long Wolf.; Rocky Bear.; Young Chief.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on a white horse in the left center background in an arena at Erastina on Staten Island, New York. Several additional cowboys sit on horses in the left background near Cody. A herd of buffalo and elk is in...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Elk.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses for a portrait signed and presented to Rachel Salsbury, wife of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat with one side slightly tipped up, probably...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Nate Salsbury poses for a full-length portrait in front of a wood fence, probably in England while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Salsbury is wearing a dress suit with a top hat and has a full beard and moustache. He holds a cane in...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Actors--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Nate Salsbury sits on a wood chair in front of a large tent, possibly in Chicago outside of the World's Fair, while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Salsbury is wearing a suit and has a full beard and moustache. He holds his hands at...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Actors--1890-1900.; Show tents.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far right of a group of five men, including three Native Americans, possibly George Hungry, Pretty Soldier and Joe Custer. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands...
Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on his dark horse, "Duke," in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat adorned with tassles and beads; a wide-brimmed hat with one side curled up, probably a Stetson; and thigh...
Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Cody holds the hands of the two men on either...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
William Levi "Buck" Taylor, known as the "King of the Cowboys" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits for a full-length studio portrait while on tour with the show in England. He is sitting on a tree stump and wears a cowboy hat and buckskin pants...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A herd of buffalo is gathered in a pen with a longhorn steer while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. One buffalo lies on the ground in the left foreground. The others stand in the pen. A tall, wood fence is in...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Cattle--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A herd of buffalo stands in a fenced pen near Earls' Court in England. The herd is part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One buffalo lies on the ground in the left foreground. A longhorn steer stands with the herd. The tops of several buildings...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Cattle--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A herd of buffalo stands in a fenced pen at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. One buffalo lies on the ground in the left foreground. The head of a longhorn steer is in the right foreground. A wood trough is in...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A herd of buffalo is gathered in a fenced pen at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Several of the buffalo stand, while others are lying down. A long, wood trough is in the right foreground. The tops of several...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. He wears a suit and has a watch fob hanging from his vest pocket. Seated next to him is Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a horse in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. Gaiters cover the lower part of his pant legs. He looks down at the ground near...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on his horse "Duke" in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, possibly at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles adorning it and also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson,...
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on the back of a white horse, probably in England during the first European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1887. A rifle, possibly a Winchester, lays across his lap. He holds onto the saddle...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Horses--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on the back of his horse "Charlie," probably in England during the first European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1887. Several pieces of a mural depicting large mountains are in the background....
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Murals--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Chief Rocky Bear of the Oglala Sioux poses for a full-length portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He is wearing a feather headdress and a breastplate, possibly made of bones. He holds a beaded war club in his right hand and a...
Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Oglala Indians--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Color postcard of a soldier standing at attention at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died Jan. 10, 1917, in Denver. The inscription on the grave...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)
John Y. Nelson, a member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses for a half-length, studio portrait. He is wearing a wide- brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles around the pockets. He has a full gray beard and long hair. Nelson...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Albert E. Scheibel, secretary for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands with Jimmy Thomas and Joe Hart in the bleachers of a grandstand for the show at Earl's Court in England. Thomas rests his foot on a bleacher next to a basket with a sign...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Grandstands--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Hart, Joe.; Scheibel, Albert.; Thomas, Jimmy.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a tent with a large group of soldiers and several Native Americans. Another cowboy, possibly William Levi "Buck"...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Soldiers.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Red Shirt.; Rocky Bear.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
Several men, including William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stand in front of a large tent with American flags and a stuffed buffalo head above its entrance. Two men, possibly...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Levi "Buck" Taylor, known as the "King of the Cowboys" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in the foreground, while on tour with the show in England. He wears spotted chaps and a cowboy hat. A rope is coiled and hangs...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A large buffalo stands in the foreground in a fenced pen at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The buffalo is shedding its woolly coat. Several other buffaloes stand behind the one in the foreground. The end of a...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Several small groups of cowboys stand in front of a group of tents for "Nebraska Cowboys" at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center background with a...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shoots his rifle at glass balls thrown into the air by Johnny Baker during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Both men are on horseback. The audience fills the bleachers underneath a large tent...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A group of men, including "Death Valley Scott," rides horses in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The group includes an American cowboy (Scott), a Mexican vaquero, a Native American, and a Russian Georgian Cossack. They are members...
Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Death Valley Scott.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the right midground in front of a large group of other riders on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Naples, Italy. Many of the riders are Native American and some wear feather...
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a horse down Broadway near Union Square in New York City during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West. A large arch decorated in garlands and flags covers the street. A banner on the arch reads "Buffalo...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Parades & processions--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses in the right center of the back row of a group portrait, probably in England during the first European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Native American cast members stand in the row with Cody. John...
Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.