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Search : "American Exhibition"
Year : 1887

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The Wild West | The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition in London—"Buffalo Bill's" Camp in the Heart of the British Metropolis—Royalties Paying Homage to a Sovereign of the American Prairies
September 5, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Wild West | The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition in London—"Buffalo Bill's" Camp in the Heart of the British Metropolis—Royalties Paying Homage to a Sovereign of the American Prairies

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The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition in London—"Buffalo Bill's" Camp in the Heart of the

; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 The Wild West; The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition

Homage to a Sovereign of the American Prairies The Wild West; The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition

The Wild West; The Greatest Attraction of the American Exhibition in London; Daily Evening Bulletin Newspapers

The Wild West | Buffalo Bill Sails for England April First
Texts Newspapers

The Wild West | Buffalo Bill Sails for England April First

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The show will be given in connection with the American Exhibition in London, which will occupy twenty-three

The American exhibition buildings have already been erected.

Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" is to be one of the leading features of the American exhibition, and he is

Cody as one of Nebraska's commissioners to represent the state in an official capacity at the American exhibition

Note 2: The American Exhibition was scheduled to open May 2nd but the opening was postponed until May

The Wild West Show at West Brompton from The Illustrated Foreign News
1887-06-18 Images Illustration

The Wild West Show at West Brompton from The Illustrated Foreign News

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One of the most stirring items in Buffalo Bill's programme in this Wild West show at the American Exhibition

The Wild West Show at West Brompton from The Graphic
1887-06-04 Images Illustration

The Wild West Show at West Brompton from The Graphic

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One of the most stirring items in Buffalo Bill's programme in his Wild West Show at the American Exhibition

The Wild West Show Abroad | Mr. Gladstone Greatly Pleased with the Performance
April 29, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Wild West Show Abroad | Mr. Gladstone Greatly Pleased with the Performance

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Note 2: Henry Sturgis Russell (1838-1905), a Civil War general who became president of the American Exhibition

The Wild West Show
May 14, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Wild West Show

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As we took our places in one of the little boxes which edge the arena in the grounds of the American Exhibition

that is flowing with such a mighty current into the treasuries of the Wild West Show and the American Exhibition

The Wild West Show
May 14, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Wild West Show

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As we took our places in one of the little boxes which edge the arena in the grounds of the American Exhibition

The Wild West in Chancery
August 5, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Wild West in Chancery

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American Exhibition (Limited)," which was adjourned from last Friday, was resumed.

The "Wild West" at the Great American Exhibition: Hunting Bison and Wapiti Deer from Illustrated London News (British weekly, 1842-)
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The "Wild West" at the Great American Exhibition: Hunting Bison and Wapiti Deer from Illustrated London News (British weekly, 1842-)

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The "Wild West" at the Great American Exhibition: Hunting Bison and Wapiti Deer from Illustrated London

weekly, 1842-) Carter, Samuel John (1835-1892) Caption reads: The "Wild West" at the Great American Exhibition

What our Prince & Princess Saw of "Buffalo Bill's" Show from Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England)
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What our Prince & Princess Saw of "Buffalo Bill's" Show from Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England)

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Have yew seen the American Exhibition--Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show!

We all wish Godspeed to the American Exhibition--Substantial token of the hearty friendship and close

Untitled [Yesterday the opening of the American Exhibition]
May 10, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Untitled [Yesterday the opening of the American Exhibition]

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Yesterday the opening of the American Exhibition , of which the Wild West Show forms so important a part

Russell, Henry Sturgis; Whitley, John Robinson, 1843-1922 Untitled [Yesterday the opening of the American Exhibition

] Untitled [Yesterday the opening of the American Exhibition] The Sportsman MS6.3681.005.02 (Oakley scrapbook

Untitled [Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales visited]
May 1887 Texts Newspapers

Untitled [Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales visited]

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Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales visited the American Exhibition and "Wild West" at eleven o'clock

Untitled [The Princess of Wales]
[1887] Texts Newspapers

Untitled [The Princess of Wales]

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The Princess of Wales paid her third visit to the American Exhibition on Wednesday morning last.

Untitled [An application was made to Mr. Justice Chitty]
July 30, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Untitled [An application was made to Mr. Justice Chitty]

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Justice Chitty yesterday for an interim injunction to restrain the proprietors of the American Exhibition

Untitled [A correspondent writes]
1887 Texts Newspapers

Untitled [A correspondent writes]

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opens, so vast has been the noble army of deadheads seeking admission, the Executive of the American Exhibition

"The Last of the Mohicans" Realized in London from Penny Illustrated Paper (British weekly newspaper, 1861-1913)
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"The Last of the Mohicans" Realized in London from Penny Illustrated Paper (British weekly newspaper, 1861-1913)

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parlance, will be the general exclamation on Monday next, I guess, when visitors first enter the American Exhibition

I'm sure the American Exhibition will prove the greatest eye-opener in London this Jubilee Season.

Let us foregather, and become firmer friends yet, at the American Exhibition! I own up at once.

Let's be jolly at the American Exhibition! Success to the plucky American entrepreneurs.

The Stage and the Ring | The Rage for Foreign Actors | Luck of English and American Stars | The Wild West Show—Buffalo Bill's Big Time—Crowned Heads Among the Cowboys—A Princess in the Indian Melee
August 29, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Stage and the Ring | The Rage for Foreign Actors | Luck of English and American Stars | The Wild West Show—Buffalo Bill's Big Time—Crowned Heads Among the Cowboys—A Princess in the Indian Melee

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Buffalo Bill and his company were brought here merely as an adjunct to the American Exhibition, but it

This American Exhibition was heralded in advance with a great blowing of trumpets in both hemispheres

Souvenir Album of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the American Exhibition
1887 Memorabilia Programs

Souvenir Album of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the American Exhibition

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SOUVENIR ALBUM of the visit of HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA to the AMERICAN EXHIBITION. London, 1887.

E PLURIBUS UNUM THE "WELCOME" CLUB AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION. EXECUTIVE OFFICES, WEST BROMPTON, S.W., June 20th, 1887.

held in London—the first exclusively American Exhibition ever held beyond the limits of the National

WHITLEY FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION. LONDON, 1887. JOHN R.

Sioux Against Pawnees | A Chief's Story of a Great Indian Fignt
July 14, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Sioux Against Pawnees | A Chief's Story of a Great Indian Fignt

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The Sioux Chief Red Shirt who is with the Wild West show at the American exhibition in London, has been

Royal Visit to the Wild West
May 12, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Royal Visit to the Wild West

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Cambridge, 3 the Crown Prince of Denmark, 4 Duke of Teck, 5 and the Marquis of Lorne, 6 visited the American Exhibition

July 14, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition

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Royal Visit to the American Exhibition. London Daily News, June 16th.

The Princess of Wales 1 and a large party paid an unexpected and informal visit to the American exhibition

Note 4: Vincent Augustin Applin (1850-1895), Executive Secretary for the American Exhibition and a member

Note 5: Townsend Percy (b.~1847), the official Press Representative for the American Exhibition and a

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition Fort Collins Courier London (England) This project is supported

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition
June 18, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition

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ROYAL VISIT to the AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

The Princess of Wales 1 and a large party paid an unexpected and informal visit to the American Exhibition

Note 4: Vincent Augustin Applin (1850-1895), Executive Secretary for the American Exhibition and a member

Note 5: Townsend Percy (b.~1847), the official Press Representative for the American Exhibition and a

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition The Era London (England) This project is supported in part by

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition
May 6, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Royal Visit to the American Exhibition

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The Daily News. 1887 LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 6 ROYAL VISIT TO THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

Cambridge, the Duke of Teck, the Crown Prince of Denmark, and the Marquis of Lorne , visited the American Exhibition

-1925 Royal Visit to the American Exhibition Royal Visit to the American Exhibition The London Daily

"Red Shirt" On Mr. Gladstone
May 5, 1887 Texts Newspapers

"Red Shirt" On Mr. Gladstone

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Gladstone's visit, been receiving a number of distinguished visitors daily at the American Exhibition

Rambles about Europe | From England to Egypt Especially for the Eagle | No. VIII
July 6, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Rambles about Europe | From England to Egypt Especially for the Eagle | No. VIII

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the correspondent of the New York World and a capitalist from Chicago we paid a visit to the American exhibition

Bates was a Civil War veteran who presented the American flag at the American Exhibition of 1887 in London

The Queen at the Wild West Show | The Song of Punchiwatha
July 8, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Queen at the Wild West Show | The Song of Punchiwatha

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Note 2: The American Exhibition was represented by Americans Colonel Henry S.

Note 3: Townsend Percy, the official Press Representative for the American Exhibition and a member of

The Queen at the Wild West Show of the Great American Exhibition from Illustrated London News (British weekly, 1842-)
1887-05-21 Images Illustration

The Queen at the Wild West Show of the Great American Exhibition from Illustrated London News (British weekly, 1842-)

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The Queen at the Wild West Show of the Great American Exhibition from Illustrated London News (British

weekly, 1842-) Caption reads: The Queen at the Wild West Show of the Great American Exhibition.

The Queen and the American Exhibition
May 14, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Queen and the American Exhibition

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THE QUEEN AND THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

Whitley (1843-1922), Director-General and Chairman of the United States Executive Council for the American Exhibition

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Whitley, John Robinson, 1843-1922 The Queen and the American Exhibition

The Queen and the American Exhibition Hampshire Advertiser Earl's Court (London, England) This project

Our Ladies' Column
Texts Newspapers

Our Ladies' Column

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THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.—OPENING DAY.—A CROWDED ARRIVAL.—THE ORATOR.—BUFFALO BILL.

An invitation to be present at the opening of the American Exhibition tempted me to abandon a drive through

Our Fourth of July Celebrations from The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England), Saturday, July 09, 1887; pg. 29; Issue 1362.
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Our Fourth of July Celebrations from The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England), Saturday, July 09, 1887; pg. 29; Issue 1362.

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THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

On Saturday evening last the Executive Council of the American Exhibition gave a dinner in the Trophy

secretary of the Iron and Steel Institute, responding; and "The Chairman and Directors of the American Exhibition

Opening Of The Wild West Show at Aston
November 7, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Opening Of The Wild West Show at Aston

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It is an American exhibition, but there is nothing American—as the word is sometimes used here—about

Opening of the American Exhibition in London
May 10, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Opening of the American Exhibition in London

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OPENING OF THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

The American Exhibition was opened yesterday afternoon, at West Brompton, with Republican simplicity.

Note 1: Henry Sturgis Russell (1838-1905), a Civil War general who became president of the American Exhibition

Lillian, 1857-1914; Russell, Henry Sturgis; Whitley, John Robinson, 1843-1922 Opening of the American Exhibition

in London Opening of the American Exhibition in London Birmingham Daily Post Brompton (Kent, England

Opening of the American Exhibition in London
May 10, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Opening of the American Exhibition in London

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OPENING OF THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

The prospectus of the exhibition goes on to say:—"One of the first practical results of the American Exhibition

Accordingly, in the American Exhibition much of the machinery will be in motion, and in many cases the

That the American Exhibition will excite considerable curiosity among commercial men and that the casual

in London Opening of the American Exhibition in London York Herald Covent Garden (London, England);

Opening of the American Exhibition
May 10, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Opening of the American Exhibition

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OPENING OF THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.

an address, tracing the history, and describing the nature of this, the first, exclusively American exhibition

Richmond, Frank, -1890; Russell, Henry Sturgis; Whitley, John Robinson, 1843-1922 Opening of the American Exhibition

Opening of the American Exhibition Daily News Earl's Court (London, England) This project is supported

May 18, 1887 Texts Periodicals

The Only Jones

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I noticed that the buffaloes were rather tamish at the American Exhibition at Earl's Court, last Monday

Mr. Gladstone at the American Exhibition
April 29, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Mr. Gladstone at the American Exhibition

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GLADSTONE AT THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION. The visit of Mr.

Gladstone to the American Exhibition , yesterday, was of a highly interesting nature.

Penfield (1855-1922) of Hartford, Connecticut, was Chief of General Staff for the American Exhibition

Gladstone at the American Exhibition Mr.

Gladstone at the American Exhibition Birmingham Daily Post England; Great Britain; United States This

More About Buffalo Bill's Red Skins
June 11, 1887 Texts Newspapers

More About Buffalo Bill's Red Skins

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The Red Indians now at the American Exhibition have communicated many details of stirring events in their

Miss Annie Oakley
April 6, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Miss Annie Oakley

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We believe that she is engaged to appear at the coming American Exhibition in May next.

London Notes
May 10, 1887 Texts Newspapers

London Notes

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On the American Exhibition proper I can say nothing—that must be left for another occasion—but the Wild

August 11, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Lion of London | A Morning with Buffalo Bill and His Daughter in the English Metropolis

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John Sartain, 2 the affable Philadelphia artist and the manager of the Art Department of the American Exhibition

eldest daughter of William F. and Louisa Cody, visited her father in London during the 1887 American Exhibition

with the art departments for both the 1876 Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia and the 1887 American Exhibition

The Lion of London
July 31, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Lion of London

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John Sartin, 9 the affable Philadelphia artist, and the manager of the Art Department of the American Exhibition

After finishing up the out-of-door attractions, we looked in at the American Exhibition proper, which

, piles of spades and pitchforks, patent egg-beaters, etc., etc., such is this much vaunted American Exhibition

with the art departments for both the 1876 Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia and the 1887 American Exhibitions

eldest daughter of William F. and Louisa Cody, visited her father in London during the 1887 American Exhibition

Life in London | The Argonauts of the Wild West—The Princess at Easter—Mme. Mileson's Fortunes—The Prince and His Admirers
April 27, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Life in London | The Argonauts of the Wild West—The Princess at Easter—Mme. Mileson's Fortunes—The Prince and His Admirers

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of Nebraska was due at Gravesend at 3 o'clock, about a score of gentlemen connected with the American Exhibition

Exhibition Centre and Director-General and Chairman of the United States Executive Council for the American Exhibition

The Latest London Gossip | American-English Styles of Riding | The Cowboys as Pioneers of a Better System | Ignorance of London Policemen—Proportions of the Fame of Buffalo Bill
June 4, 1887 Texts Newspapers

The Latest London Gossip | American-English Styles of Riding | The Cowboys as Pioneers of a Better System | Ignorance of London Policemen—Proportions of the Fame of Buffalo Bill

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All of the Americans in London are proud of the effect produced by the Wild West part of the American Exhibition

Jubileemania | The Queen's Crown Jewels and the French Collecion—The American Exhibition—The Social Success of Buffalo Bill
May 12, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Jubileemania | The Queen's Crown Jewels and the French Collecion—The American Exhibition—The Social Success of Buffalo Bill

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The Queen's Crown Jewels and the French Collection—The American Exhibition—The Social Success of Buffalo

The American Exhibition will not open on the 9th of May, 4 but will be in a very advanced state of completion

Note 4: The American Exhibition did in fact open on May 9th, 1887.

Note 5: Among the directors of the American Exhibition were Henry S.

Success of Buffalo Bill Jubileemania; The Queen's Crown Jewels and the French Collecion—The American Exhibition—The

The Great White Chief from Judy; or the London serio-comic journal (1867-1907)
1887-05-11 Images Illustration

The Great White Chief from Judy; or the London serio-comic journal (1867-1907)

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Gladstone's visit to the American Exhibition, Red Shirt, the Sioux Chief, was introduced to the ex-Premier

Conservative Meeting at Woodbridge
May 6, 1887 Texts Newspapers

Conservative Meeting at Woodbridge

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of obstruction and his allies in the House of Commons, went for a little recreation at the American Exhibition

Cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
1887 Images Photograph

Cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West

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sitting in seven rows in an arena with the backdrop in the background in London, England for the American Exhibition

Cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
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Cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West

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From May 9, 1887, thru November 30, 1887, Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed at the American Exhibition

Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the American Exhibition, Earl's Court from The Graphic (British newspaper, 1869-1932) No 910. Vol. XXXV
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the American Exhibition, Earl's Court from The Graphic (British newspaper, 1869-1932) No 910. Vol. XXXV

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John Young, 1826-1903; Taylor, William Levi, 1857-1924 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the American Exhibition

Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920) The main caption reads: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the American Exhibition

Buffalo Bills Wild West Cow Boy Band the American Exhibition London
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Buffalo Bills Wild West Cow Boy Band the American Exhibition London

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Buffalo Bills Wild West Cow Boy Band the American Exhibition London Downey, W. & D.photographer Embossed

Handwritten on verso, "To My Pa and Ma from their Sons Andrew and John taken in the American Exhibition

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