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

Image: Sam Lone Bear

Sam Lone Bear was one of ten Lakota performers with Buffalo Bill's Wild West who posed for Philadelphia photographer William Rau in 1900. At the time he was around twenty-two years old.

Title: Sam Lone Bear

Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920

Keyword: American Indians Lone Bear, Sam

Date: 1900

ID: wfc.img.pht00069

Rights: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

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

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

Image: Sam Lone Bear