American frontiersman and entertainer (1846–1917). By the age of 15 Cody had already been a horse wrangler, Pony Express rider, and unsuccessful prospector. He became a scout for the Union army and after the war took a job for a company that supplied meat for railroad construction crews, killing 4,280 buffalo during 1867–68. Dubbed “Buffalo Bill” by writer Ned Buntline, Cody organized his famous Wild West Show in 1883 and met with great success during national and worldwide tours in the following decades. Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 English postcard photo of Cody dressed in a suit, overcoat, and cowboy hat, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill.’” Postcard is postmarked on the reverse, September, 1904, and one can assume signature may have been acquired during Cody’s Wild West Show tour in 1904. In fine condition, with scattered light corner tip bends and mild soiling. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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