Buffalo Bill Cody & Wild West Show Gallery

OLD WEST LEGENDS

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

The late 19th century was the age of great showmen and traveling entertainers, like the Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Vaudeville circuits, and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. In 1883, Cody founded his production in Omaha, Nebraska, a show that would run, in one form or another, for the next three decades, charming crowds throughout the United States and Europe.

Over the years, the troupe, which included as many as 1,200 performers, included many authentic personalities such as James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, Texas Jack Omohundro, Annie Oakley, prominent Native Americans, including Sitting Bull and Geronimo, as well as “real” cowboys recruited from the West.

The show itself consisted of a series of historical scenes interspersed with feats of showmanship, sharp shooting, staged races, rodeo style events, and sideshows.

William F. Cody, Pawnee Bill, & Buffalo Jones, around

1910. This image available for photographic prints

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Congress

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, 1895, Springer Litho Co

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Native Americans figured prominently in many of the scenes, often shown attacking wagon trains with Buffalo Bill or one of his colleagues riding in and saving the day. The show also re-enacted the riding of the Pony Express, stagecoach robberies, and buffalo-hunting, with the production ending with a melodramatic re-enactment of Custer's Last Stand in which Cody himself portrayed General Custer.

By the turn of the 20th century, William F. Cody was probably the most famous American in the world. No one symbolized the West for Americans and Europeans better than Buffalo Bill. His shows were billed as one of the entertainment triumphs of the ages.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Courier Litho. Co, 1899

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, Courier Litho. Co, 1899.

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, Courier Litho. Co, 1899.

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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, Courier Litho. Co, 1899.

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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show toured in one form or

another for 30 years, Courier Litho. Co, 1899.

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Also See: Buffalo Bill Cody - Trapper, Trader & Frontiersman

Buffalo Bill often featured prominent Native Americans

in his Wild West Show, one of which was Sitting Bull.

Photo 1885 by David Francis Barry

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"Wild Bill" Hickok, Texas Jack Omohundro, and Buffalo Bill. This image available for photographic prints and

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From the Rocky Mountain General Store

Old West Wanted Posters and Wild West Prints - From outlaws wanted by the authorities, such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and the Wild Bunch, to other Old West advertising, such as Pony Express, Stagecoach Rules, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and more. Prints measure 11"x17" are are produced on glossy, 12 point paper. See the entire collection HERE! Just $7.99.