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

Image: William F. Cody sitting on a chair in front of a tent

William F. Cody sitting on a chair draped with a fur hide, which is set on a fur hide of a large cat on a boardwalk leading to his personal canvas tent in back lot of wild west show. A buffalo head is mounted above entrance. Two wicker chairs flank tent. Photographs visible inside tent. Typed caption on mat, "Elliot & Fry. (Copyright) 55 & 56 Baker Street, London, W. Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)," in camp.

Title: William F. Cody sitting on a chair in front of a tent

Keywords: Cody, William F. (William Frederick), 1846-1917 Tents Taxidermy Chairs Wild west shows Hides & skins

Date: 1887 ca.

Type: photograph

Format: 8 x 5.875 b&w mounted photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.745

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: William F. Cody sitting on a chair in front of a tent