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- Souvenir Postcard, "Welcome to Cody Wyoming," 1916 - This postcard, sent from Buffalo Bill Cody to Henry Ford in 1916, shows recently created trails bringing motorists to Yellowstone National Park.
- October 21, 1916
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Souvenir Postcard, "Welcome to Cody Wyoming," 1916
This postcard, sent from Buffalo Bill Cody to Henry Ford in 1916, shows recently created trails bringing motorists to Yellowstone National Park.
- Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Frontier Exhibition, 1908 -
- 1908
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Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Frontier Exhibition, 1908
- Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Rough Riders Present "Football on Horseback Between Cowboys and Indians," 1908 -
- 1908
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Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Rough Riders Present "Football on Horseback Between Cowboys and Indians," 1908
- Buffalo Bill Walking with a Group of Men Seated in a White Steam Car, circa 1906 - Famous Western showman Buffalo Bill parades beside a White steamer in this photograph taken about 1906. Buffalo Bill owned a White. Buyers of the expensive steamers tended to be older and wealthier than the average American.
- circa 1906
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Buffalo Bill Walking with a Group of Men Seated in a White Steam Car, circa 1906
Famous Western showman Buffalo Bill parades beside a White steamer in this photograph taken about 1906. Buffalo Bill owned a White. Buyers of the expensive steamers tended to be older and wealthier than the average American.
- Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill: "Here We Are Again! Home From Foreign Lands," 1908 - In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- 1908
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Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill: "Here We Are Again! Home From Foreign Lands," 1908
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West And Rough Riders, 1908 -
- 1908
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Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill's Wild West And Rough Riders, 1908
- Ada Dewey Autograph Album, 1874-1875 - In 1874, Ada Dewey of Kalamazoo, Michigan, wrote to famous individuals of the day asking for their autographs. She contacted writers, artists, politicians, military officers, and advocates for social movements such as abolition, temperance, and women's and civil rights, among others. Dewey compiled their replies, some of which include carte de visite photographs, in the pages of this album.
- 1874-1875
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Ada Dewey Autograph Album, 1874-1875
In 1874, Ada Dewey of Kalamazoo, Michigan, wrote to famous individuals of the day asking for their autographs. She contacted writers, artists, politicians, military officers, and advocates for social movements such as abolition, temperance, and women's and civil rights, among others. Dewey compiled their replies, some of which include carte de visite photographs, in the pages of this album.
- Drivers and Riding Mechanics at W. F. Cody's Home in North Platte, Nebraska, New York to Paris Race, 1908 - In 1908, six automobiles raced around the globe from New York City to Paris, France. The contest took 169 days, covered 22,000 miles and spanned three continents. By March, the American team in a Thomas Flyer was leading the five remaining cars. As the Americans headed west through Nebraska, they stopped in North Platte at the home of "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
- 1908
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Drivers and Riding Mechanics at W. F. Cody's Home in North Platte, Nebraska, New York to Paris Race, 1908
In 1908, six automobiles raced around the globe from New York City to Paris, France. The contest took 169 days, covered 22,000 miles and spanned three continents. By March, the American team in a Thomas Flyer was leading the five remaining cars. As the Americans headed west through Nebraska, they stopped in North Platte at the home of "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
- Circus Poster, Col. W. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," The World Famous Scout, Guide & Originator of The Great Wild West Exhibition, 1908 - In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- 1908
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Circus Poster, Col. W. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," The World Famous Scout, Guide & Originator of The Great Wild West Exhibition, 1908
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- Circus Poster, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Pioneer Exhibition, Great Train Holdup & Bandit Hunters of the Union Pacific," 1907 -
- 1907
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Circus Poster, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Pioneer Exhibition, Great Train Holdup & Bandit Hunters of the Union Pacific," 1907