The Scout Buffalo Bill, Hon. W. F. Cody – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Scout Buffalo Bill, Hon. W. F. Cody comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The Scout Buffalo Bill, Hon. W. F. Cody
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Lead with what sets this picture apart: it shows William F. Cody, the frontiersman better known as Buffalo Bill, presented under the title "The Scout," a role that helped build his legend long before his Wild West show toured. Cody earned his nickname supplying buffalo meat to railroad crews in the late 1860s, and he later served as a scout for the U.S. Army in campaigns against Plains tribes. The "Hon." in the caption reflects the courtesy title he carried in the period, while the image itself reflects how he was packaged for the public: as a rugged, outdoorsman hero of the frontier. Such portraits helped turn Western scouting into popular entertainment, and they are worth viewing as both a record of a real figure and a piece of carefully crafted publicity.
| Original scan | 6,560 × 9,972 px · prints to 22 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 8 |
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