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

Image: Wild west show mess tent decorated for 4th of July

Interior view of wild west show mess tent decorated for July 4th with United States flags and buntings on the tent walls and around the bar. Eleven men stand behind and next to the bar and wear white serving coats and hats.

Title: Wild west show mess tent decorated for 4th of July

Keywords: Men Tents Flags United States Wild west shows Mess halls Flags

Date: 1890 ca.

Type: photograph

Format: 11.375 x 8.5 b&w mounted photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.87

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: Wild west show mess tent decorated for 4th of July