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W. F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody and Gordon W. ‘Pawnee Bill’ Lillie

‘Buffalo Bill’ & ‘Pawnee Bill’ ride again

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‘Buffalo Bill’ & ‘Pawnee Bill’ ride again

An original 1910 route schedule for Buffalo Bill’s and Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, 3.25 x 5.5, for shows in North Dakota, Washington, Montana, British Columbia, and Oregon, signed along the top edge by Cody, “General Warren sends regards. Bill”; an ink signature, “G. W. Lillie, ‘Pawnee Bill,’” on an off-white 5.5 x 3 slip; and an ALS, in pencil, signed “G. W. Lillie,” one page 7.25 x 9.5, Pawnee Bill’s Buffalo Ranch letterhead, dated October 22, 1929. Lillie writes, in part: “The book you ask about was got out by the Exerlsion…Co. of Los Angeles Calif…There is another one got out later…that is a much better book.” All three items are matted together with two postcard photos from the show, a color portrait of Cody, and a color magazine cover honoring Cody’s last performance, to an overall size of 21.75 x 20. In fine condition, with small ink spot to right edge of schedule, a central vertical fold to Lillie’s signature, as well as some stray ink marks. A handsome display honoring the two Wild West showmen. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #368 - Ended March 09, 2011