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

Image: William F. Cody touring Venice [Venezia] in gondola with four Native American chiefs

William F. Cody and four Native American chiefs in gondola in Venice [Venezia] during Wild West tour of 1890. Handwritten on top center print, "Only Indians Ever in Venice."

Title: William F. Cody touring Venice [Venezia] in gondola with four Native American chiefs

Creator: Paolo Salviati

Keywords: American Indians Headgear Gondolas Gondoliers Canals Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Cody, William F. (William Frederick), 1846-1917 Gondolas Gondoliers Venice (Italy)

Date: 1890-04

Type: hand-colored photograph

Format: 10.5 x 13.5 b&w print

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.822

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 touring Venice [Venezia] in gondola with four Native American chiefs