Cody Family Photo Album Including Personal and Professional Portraits, Wild West Shows, and Western Scenery

Black paper album, 11.25 x 14.75 in., containing 301 images. Most are professional photographs of William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and performers in the show, studio portraits of Cody and his family, and snapshots and real photo postcards, with 25 lithographed postcards.

The first image is a 7 x 9 in. studio photograph of Buffalo Bill in a fringed jacket, beaded gloves, and leather boots, posed with a Winchester, followed by: 12 photographs of Cody, Wyoming, and the surrounding area, most credited to F.J. Hiscock; about 45 of the Pahaska Tepee, Wapiti Inn, and other stops on the trail between Cody and Yellowstone, including Irma and Fred Garlow and friends and family; 10 of Cody and his tent and behind the scenes at a show, one of which is signed; 2 behind-the-scenes and 1 studio shot of Chief Iron Tail; 2 of Cody outside the Irma Hotel; 2 studio portraits of Cody in civilian attire, 1 signed Papa 1911; 5 of a mounted Cody, 3 of which are signed Papa 1911; 1 of camels next to a Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Pawnee Bill's Far East cart and 2 of performing elephants; 4 portraits of Cody at a show, 1 inked by Irma, Father's latest picture - weight 195 lbs; RPPCs of Cody and Iron Tail; 10 RPPCs of Pawnee Bill's Buffalo Ranch; a series of photographs of Cody with his wife Louisa; Cody portrait by E. Chickering of Boston, signed Papa 1911; series of outdoor photos of Cody's grandson Cody Boal and other unidentified relatives; 3 RPCCs of a cadet at Culver Military Academy; fine series of 6 photographs of Cody dressed as Santa Claus, with a group of children at what appears to be Campo Bonita; a series of the Scout's Rest Ranch and other sites in North Platte, Neb.; 9 RPPCs of the 1912 Pendleton, Oregon, Round-Up; 20 lithographed postcards of the Shoshone Dam (now the Buffalo Bill Dam) and other sites around Cody; 2 snapshots of Cody and family preparing to take a sleigh ride; 5 oval 3.75 x 5.75 in. cropped studio portraits of Cody; series of 3 studio vignettes of Cody, one of which shows him posed with his Winchester and personalized saddle; 3 RPPCs of aviator Lincoln Beachey; RPPC of Cody at camp; 2 Cody photos by Kent's Studio of Chehalis, Washington; 5 photos of a recreation of a battle between Indians and the U.S. Army; photo of Cody reading in one of his dens; plus other postcards and photos of unidentified subjects.

Provenance: Descended directly in the family of William F. Buffalo Bill Cody