Georgia Duffy and Della Ferrell, both members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Both women joined the show in 1887 as two of the "Western Girls." They were trick riders and ropers. A native of Colorado, Ferrell, right, wears a wide- brimmed hat with tassles hanging from its rim. Similar tassles hang around the edges of her short coat. Duffy, originally from Wyoming, wears a long skirt adorned with beads and tassles at its hem. She also wears a wide- brimmed hat and a ruffled shirt.
Description
1 photoprint ; 7 x 9 cm. (2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm. (7 x 9 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 2 (A.R. Dresser photographs)
Subject
Wild west shows--1880-1920; Cowgirls; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917; Duffy, Georgia; Ferrell, Della; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700105526
Notes
"At the Wild West Earl's Court with a crouch hand camera during July, August and September 1892. B̀uffalo Bill's Show.' Presented to Nat Salisbury Esq for use of the staff with A.R. Dressers Compliments Springfield Bexley Heath. Kent, England Oct. 1892" handwritten on first page of album.; "F527" handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; Edges of album sheet are deteriorating.; Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-523" "NS-524" and "NS- 525."; Subseries title taken from album cover.; Title handwritten on photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001055260
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