Gessford (New York) 1910 (ca) Buffalo Bill Cody and Pawnee Bill aka Gordon W. Lillie
Cabinet card, gelatin silver print Cowan's Auctions, Inc American History: Premier Auction, 26 June 2018, Lot: 477
Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody) and partner Pawnee Bill (Gordon W. Lillie) posed as if signing a contract. Both showmen wear fringed and intricately beaded jackets typical of Wild West Show regalia. Ca 1910. The two men combined to form Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East in 1909 and toured together through the 1913 season.
