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Call Number	NS-39
Title	Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill
Summary	Hand-colored postcard of full-length studio portrait of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with flowers and thigh boots. The two men hold the end of rifle propped on its end in front of them. Cody holds his right arm up pointing at something they are both looking toward. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind the two men. Sitting Bull appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885.
Date	[1885?]
Notes	See also "NS-104."; Title handwritten on photoprint.; R7001050391
Physical Description	1 photoprint (postcard) : hand col. ; 14 x 9 cm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Subject	Dakota Indians--1880-1900. Wild west shows--1880-1920. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Group portraits.; Photographic postcards.; Photographic prints.; Portrait photographs.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00105039.tif