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Once upon a time in the West. Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show

Unknown author, Buffalo Bill (pseudonym of William Frederick Cody, 1846–1917), American soldier, hunter and showman, on horseback during his show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” at the Theresienwiese, Munich, ca. 1890, albumen print, Alinari Archives-album collection, Florence

Unknown author, Buffalo Bill (pseudonym of William Frederick Cody, 1846–1917), American soldier, hunter and showman, on horseback during his show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Charles Weitfle, Train on the Georgetown Loop Railroad in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, United States, ca. 1890, stereoscopy, Alinari Archives-Favrod collection, Florence

Unknown author, Native American with bow and arrow, United States, ca. 1900–1910, print on paper, Alinari Archives-album collection, Florence

Unknown author, Buffalo Bill (pseudonym of William Frederick Cody, 1846–1917), an American soldier, hunter and showman, with a Native American during the ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’ show, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Portrait of Rocky Bear (c. 1825–30–1909), chief of the Kiyuksa Oglala tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, known for his participation in the ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’ shows, United States, ca. 1890–1900, print on paper, Alinari Archives-Favrod collection, Florence

Unknown author, A scene from the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, A street decorated with flags and garlands for Queen Victoria’s visit during the Golden Jubilee celebrations, Newport, Great Britain, 22nd July 1887, albumen print, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, A stagecoach during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, A cowboy on horseback during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Cowboys on horseback during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, Europe, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Reconstruction of a Native American camp for the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Stagecoach and horses during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887–1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Native American on horseback during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887-1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unidentified author, Buffalo Bill (pseudonym of William Frederick Cody, 1846–1917), American soldier, hunter and showman, with Annie Oakley (pseudonym of Phoebe Ann Mosey, 1860–1926), American gunslinger, during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”, Europe, ca. 1887-1889, collodion-celloidin aristotype on paper, Alinari Archives, Florence

Unknown author, Young man dressed as a cowboy, United States, ca. 1880, albumen print, Alinari Archives, Florence

Wilhelm von Gloeden, Young Native American woman photographed during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”. Behind her a wagon covered with a tarpaulin used for the show, Italy, ca. 1900–1910, albumen print, Alinari Archives-von Gloeden archive, Florence

Unknown author, Cowboys posing during the show “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” on the Theresienwiese, Munich, ca. 1890, albumen print, Alinari Archives-album collection, Florence

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