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

Image: Member of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band

A portrait of a member of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man wears a hat, pleated shirt, tie with tie pin, a watch chain, a Queen Victoria medallion, and fringed leather chaps. He has two drum sticks in his right hand. His left hand rests on a drum placed on a block. Printed caption: "Gray 1030 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass."

Title: Member of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band

Keywords: Portraits Men Cowboys

Date: 1888 ca.

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.3 x 6.5 in cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.6.58

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: Member of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band