Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. A congress of American Indians. (With portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback). – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. A congress of American Indians. (With portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback)., preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. A congress of American Indians. (With portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback).
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster from 1899 stands out for its promise of a "congress of American Indians" alongside a portrait of William F. Cody himself on horseback. The show, which Cody launched in the 1880s, mixed riding, shooting and reenactments of frontier scenes with Native performers who appeared in the arena and in staged encampments. Courier Lithograph Company, a Buffalo, New York firm known for bold multicolor circus printing, produced the sheet to draw crowds on the road. Today it is worth noticing how the poster presents the show's Native performers as a spectacle, which reflects how Americans of that era viewed the frontier.
| Created / published | 1899 |
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| Subjects | Lithograph by Courier Lithograph Co., |
| Original scan | 10,171 × 7,089 px · prints to 34 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 10 |
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