Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Colonel W.F. Cody “Buffalo Bill” Cabinet Card Photograph. [London: Elliott and Fry, 1887]. Woodburytype photo of Cody standing with his Winchester rifle and wearing the large belt buckle that appears in almost every photograph depicting him in stage costume. In the same year, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West opened at Earl’s Court in London, introducing the American west to a large English audience. 6 ½ x 4 ¼”. Scant foxing to lower margin and verso, else fine.