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

Image: Della Ferrel

Portrait of Della Ferrel wearing a hat with a large ribbon tied under chin and buttoned dress. Typed caption, "Della Ferrell. Lady Rider of Colorado. — Buffalo Bill's Wild West." Della Ferrel performed with Buffalo Bill's Wild West from 1886 to 1892.

Title: Della Ferrel

Keywords: Ferrel, Della Women Hats Cowgirls Portraits

Date: 1887 ca.

Type: photograph

Format: 4.25 x 6.25 b&w photographic copy of cabinet photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.6.211

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: Della Ferrel