Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody holds a wide-brimmed hat, probably a Stetson, in the air with his right hand. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Syrians
- A group of Syrian performers poses in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans on their heads. A young man raises another young man doing a hand-stand into the air above his head. Four of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1890-1900.; Tents--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Syrians.
- 1899
- Man on horseback
- A cowboy poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a tall hat and sheepskin chaps. He has a scarf tied around his neck. A rope is coiled and hanging from the man's saddle. Long strips of leather cover his stirrups. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cossack (Georgian), Ivane Baramidze
- A Russian Cossack (Georgian), Ivane Baramidze, stands in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a wool cap and a long coat with cartridge loops across his chest. He holds a riding crop in his right hand. A large tent...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks.; Baramidze, Ivane.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He also wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1899?]
- Cody in the mess tent, Johnny Baker next to man in straw hat
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits at a table in the mess tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a vest and striped shirt, but no hat. Seated across the table from Cody is a man wearing a straw hat. Next to that man is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Mess halls--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- African American woman
- An unidentified African American woman jumps over a table in a camp at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She wears a dark cowboy hat and a striped and checkered dress. A horse stands next to a large tent in the background.
- African Americans--Women--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody in his tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sprinkling salt or pepper on his food. He is wearing a striped shirt and vest and no hat. His food is spread out on a trunk covered by a small...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody and Dexter Fellows (?)
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in his tent with Dexter Fellows, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody sits at a wood desk wearing a striped shirt and vest and no hat. Fellows, wearing a suit and a hat, sits on a wood...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Fellows, Dexter.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Bronc
- A cowboy rides a bucking horse in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears leather chaps with tassles and round, silver decorations along the side seams. A coiled rope hangs from his saddle. Two Native American men are stopped on...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Tent stable
- A long row of horses shown from behind is gathered in a tent stable in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The horses in the right foreground are dark while those in the background are light-colored. Numerous saddles are resting on the ledge...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Young woman and girl in Wild West Show camp
- A young woman and girl stand near a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another larger tent is in the right foreground while another is in the left background. Several round, Native American shields hang from ropes behind...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody near peep hole of arena tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands wiping his left eye with a white handerkerchief near a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and beadwork sewn onto it in the pattern of...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Duke
- A man stands in the left foreground holding the bridle of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's horse, Duke. The saddle on the horse has lettering on it reading "Hon. W.F. Cody." The horse's bridle is adorned with shells placed in a pattern to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Mexican vaquero
- A man poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears a hat with turned up sides and a dark scarf pinned around his neck by an oval pin with a picture of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on it. A coiled rope...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Entrance to grounds ticket office
- A large group of people walks in front of the ticket office wagon near the entrance to the grounds of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the men and women wear straw hats and carry umbrellas. A banner hanging from the top of the ticket...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Ticket offices--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. A person stands looking through...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. An unidentified person stands...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. A person stands looking through...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody peeks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots, a buckskin coat with tassles, and a hat, possibly a Stetson. Another person, probably Johnny Baker, Cody's...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry 1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show tent
- A man draws the crowd's attention toward him in a small tent in a grassy field in the camp of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A striped curtain forms the backdrop behind the man. The grandstand where the audience sits is in the left background.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Hauling
- A group of men works several teams of horses pulling up a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A stagecoach is in the left background. Several houses are in the distance.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A group of men works to cook food in the kitchen wagon for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in a camp for the show. Two smokestacks protrude from the top of the wagon. The large stoves are wood-fired. A large tent is set up in the background. The Wild...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Outdoor cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- Two men stand with their hands on their hips in the left foreground looking toward a group of tents in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man on the left wears a suit and hat. The other man wears work clothes with suspenders and a hat....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A group of men and women is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Three men lean against a log pole in the left background. A wagon is in the center background with the words "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" painted on it.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Grandstand
- A man in the left center midground leans against a log pole supporting the grandstand for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears a hat and bow tie and holds his coat over his right shoulder. He has a moustache. Several workers are in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Grandstands--1900-1910.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Grandstand
- A group of men works to set up the grandstand for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large tent covers the wood bleachers the men are building. Numerous planks of wood are on the ground near the men. The man in the center midground holds a long plank...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Grandstands--1900-1910.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody in his tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands looking out from an open side of his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his right hand on the support pole of the tent and wears a wide- brimmed hat, probably a Stetson, and a...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody and carriage
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a woman, possibly his wife, Louisa, in a carriage drawn by a team of large, white horses. A man wearing a top hat and long, riding coat with boots stands in front of the team in the right midground....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carriages & coaches--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man drives a round wagon pulled by two teams of horses through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the wagon reads "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." A woman, possibly William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's wife, Louisa...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man stands in the left center midground near a stopped wagon in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is reading a newspaper he holds in his hands. Two workers carry wood buckets from underneath the tent....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Indian tepees
- A group of Native American teepees is set up in the left midground near another large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Long ropes supporting the tent run across the center foreground. Numerous trees and shrubs stand around the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Tent crew
- A group of workers is gathered in the foreground holding sledgehammers. The men are members of the tent crew for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. They all wear work clothes and some wear suspenders. Numerous horseback riders are in the background...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The start of the morning, coffee delivery on layover day Doc Boyd, Rudy Savage.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, identified as Earl "Doc" Boyd [?] and Rudy Savage [?], stand in front of a camp tent during the club's annual trail ride in Colorado. Boyd serves coffee and holds a coffeepot inscribed with: "To Doc...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Coffee--Colorado--1950-1960.; Coffeepots--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--1950-1960.; Boyd, Earl J.; Savage, Rudy C.
- 1956 July
- Horses in tent
- A group of horses is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the horses lies on the ground while the others stand. Several saddles and harnesses are on the ground in front of the tent. Lettering painted on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent, probably in Paris, with a group of people, including Sioux Chief Rocky Bear at the far left of the group holding a war club in his right hand. He also has one feather on the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of people in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West in England. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits in the right center of the front row next to a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Jule Keen, Lew Parker
- Jule Keen, treasurer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands in front of a tent with Lew Parker, a minstrel show manager and stage manager of the Wild West Show. Keen wears a derby hat and vest and smokes a cigar. He holds his right hand on his...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Keen, Jule.; Parker, Lew.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Pete Smythe
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies member Pete Smythe poses with a pipe in his mouth, he sits on a mule in chaps, a woven vest, and a sombrero at a camp site on the group's annual trail ride in Colorado. Shows other riders on horseback, a tent, a truck...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Camping--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mules--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Smythe, Pete, 1911-
- 1958 July
- Sunday Outing with Campers (Rhoads' Family)
- Shows a tent, two canopies, two automobiles, and clothes that dry on the tent ropes, probably Colorado. A woman is under one canopy, she prepares food; a young girl steps out of a metal tub.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Sunday haircut in camp
- Stereographic view of a man shaving the hair from another man's head in front of a large tent, probably at a camp near the foothills of Denver, Colorado. A third man sits in the right foreground smoking a pipe and watching the hair cut. Two...
- Barbering--Colorado--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Camping in South Park
- Seven men are gathered in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying camp, in Park County, Colorado. The men are wearing guns in holsters and aprons; they are holding rifles, dish towels, a frying pan and a shovel....
- Park County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; South Park (Park County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Work camps--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Johnnie St. John with bucking horse, in group
- A cowboy in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show rides a bucking horse in the center foreground in an arena during a rehearsal for a show. Johnnie St. John, another cowboy in the show, holds a rope attached to the horse's bridle and jumps out of the way...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; St. John, Johnnie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sinching [sic] on the pack
- Two men adjust the load on the back of a donkey in Colorado; shows a campsite with a tent, supplies, pots and pans.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1870-1880.; Pack animals--Colorado--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871?]
- Cunningham Gulch, from the Highland Mary Mine
- A view of Cunningham Gulch from the Highland Mary Mine in San Juan County, Colorado shows Cunningham Creek and an encampment with tents. A miner stands near a tent and holds a tool or implement on his shoulder.
- Cunningham Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan...
- 1871?
- Advertising railroad car #1
- Advertising car #1, a large railroad car, stands in the midground on a railroad track in a snowy scene. Lettering on the side of the car reads "Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders Col. W.F. Cody - President, Nate Salsbury -...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Railroad cars--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]