Call NumberNS-39Datecirca 1885SummaryHand-colored postcard of full-length studio portrait of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with flowers and thigh boots. The two men hold the end of rifle propped on its end in front of them. Cody holds his right arm up pointing at something they are both looking toward. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind the two men. Sitting Bull appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885.Physical Description1 photoprint (postcard) : hand col. ; 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansWild west showsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105039Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPhotographic postcardsPhotographic printsPortrait photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesSee also "NS-104."; Title handwritten on photoprint. R7001050391
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