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

Image: On the Stage Coach

Buffalo Bill to the rescue, 4-color lithograph. The Deadwood stage became the most recognizable object in the Wild West. This scene of the stage being attacked by Indians with Buffalo Bill leading the cavalry to the rescue was replayed at every performance of the Wild West show throughout its 30-year history.

Title: On the Stage Coach

Keywords: American Indians Stagecoaches

Publisher: A. Hoen and Co., Baltimore, Md.

Date: circa 1893

Type: Posters

ID: wfc.img.pst.1.69.107c

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Gift of The Coe Foundation

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: On the Stage Coach