William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Buck Taylor mounted on a horse

Full length portrait of William Levi (Buck) Taylor mounted on a paint horse in front of a rocky hill and bushes. Taylor wears a hat, embroidered shirt, chaps and pistol in holster on belt. Typed caption, "Buck Taylor, "King of the Cowboys." Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Copyright Elliott & Fry, 55 & 56, Baker St London. W". Typed caption on verso, "Elliott and Fry Photographers 55 &56, Baker Street, London".

Title: Buck Taylor mounted on a horse

Creator: Elliott & Fry

Keywords: Taylor, William Levi, 1857-1924 Horses Embroidery Hats Gloves Rope

Date: 1887

Type: photograph

Format: 6.25 x 3.5 b&w cabinet photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.1755

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Buck Taylor mounted on a horse