Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.81-17
- Dates:
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circa 1873
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photograph made from a tintype depicting Texas Jack Omohundro, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Wild Bill Hickok, with two other men, probably Eugene Overton and Elisha Green. The men wear fringed buckskins and hats and carry rifles.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
In fall 1873, Wild Bill Hickok joined Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack Omohundro in the western melodrama, "Scouts of the Plains." In March 1874, he quit the show and returned to the frontier.
Administration
Custodial History note
Donated by Joseph G. Rosa, 1981.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 81-17, Photograph of frontier celebrities in "Scouts of the Plains", National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Digital surrogate held by Denver Public Library.
Local Call Number(s)
Reproduction Note
Reproduction Note
Copy print probably made by Joseph G. Rosa, 1981.
General note
General note
Information on original tintype taken from February 7, 1981 letter from Joseph G. Rosa, Wild Bill Hickok biographer.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
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