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Lot 760
[CODY, William F. "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917)]. A group of 8 items highlighted by 6 photographs of "Buffalo Bill," comprising:
Sale 1005 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 1, 2022
Lots Close
Mar 8, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 - 600
Price Realized
$688
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Lot Description
[CODY, William F. "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917)]. A group of 8 items highlighted by 6 photographs of "Buffalo Bill," comprising:

Buffalo Bill. Bust-length profile portrait. New York: Newsboy, n.d. 3 3/8 x 5 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount. Title and photographer's imprint to mount recto. -- W. F. Cody "Buffalo Bill." Three-quarter length portrait in embroidered shirt and cowboy hat. Brooklyn, NY: Stacy, n.d. 2 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. albumen on cardstock mount. Facsimile signature and photographer's imprint to mount recto. -- Buffalo Bill. Mounted. Outdoor view of Cody on horseback in hides aiming a rifle. New York: L.D. & Co., n.d. 5 3/4 x 3 in. stereoview on yellow cardstock mount (fold/crease). Titled in negative, photographer's imprint on mount recto. -- Outdoor view of Cody in an Atlas automobile. Mouson, MA: Houston Moffett, [1905]. 8 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. press photograph. Used for Cody's obituary (1917), inscription to verso includes a photographer credit and journalist note: "Buffalo Bill" at Springfield twenty five years ago." -- And 2 others. Together, 6 portraits of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, condition generally very good, except as noted.

[With:] RUSSELL, Charles Marion (1864-1926). Business card. Great Falls, MT, n.d. 3 7/16 x 2 in. printed business card (light crease at center).

[Also with:] "Buffalo Bill" By Rosa Bonheur. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. lithographed postcard (minor edgewear). Depicts Cody in hides on horseback. 

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