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

Image: Red Shirt in front of tipi holding bow with arrow

Red Shirt wearing headdress on steps in front of tipi holding bow with arrow. Type written note below photograph reads, "Red Shirt and Tepee. Buffalo Bill's Wild West."

Title: Red Shirt in front of tipi holding bow with arrow

Creator: Elliott & Fry

Keywords: American Indians Headgear Bows (Weapons) Bow and arrow Tipis Cartes de visite Cabinet photographs Red Shirt, 1845?-1925

Date: circa 1887

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.3 x 6.5 in cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.6.29

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: Red Shirt in front of tipi holding bow with arrow