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Image: Marve Beardsley, Clarence Buell, a cowgirl and a cowboy

Marve Beardsley sits in a folding chair, a man reclines on a rug, a seated woman holds a puppy and a man (possibly Clarence (Kit) Buell) sits in a folding chair in front of a canvas tent with caption, "Nebraska Cowboys Frank Wheeling Marve Beardsley Kit Buell" at the tent peak in the back lot of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. A table draped with a table cloth and set with two frames, a bust and lamp is inside the tent. Bushes and plants next to the tent. Caption on mat, "Clarke & Wakeford. Clapham Junction Studio, S.W." Handwritten caption on verso, "Reading Left to Right Clarence (Kitt) Buell, Annie Oakley — famous woman sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill's Show in London June 1887, two of the cowboys with the show. Frances Jacobi O'Meara Martinsburg, Mo. Margaret from Mr. Buell." Typed caption on verso, "Clarke & Wakeford, Pictures Framed. Club Groups Photographed. Portraits Taken Daily. Clapham Junction Art Studio, 132, Plough Road, St. John's Hill, S.W." Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in London, Birmingham, and Manchester, England in 1887.
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