Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: A Russell-Morgan print.
Content: "An entirely new exhibition showing the Meadow Brook Hunt Club, field sports and pastimes"--Bottom right ; "Mr. Fred Gerner's great group of athletes and high-jumping men, horses, and dogs"--Bottom left
Biographical/Historical: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show assembled by G. W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) in 1888. In 1906, reorganized as Pawnee Bill's Great Far East. In 1908 Lillie bought an interest in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and in 1909 combined into Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East, but went bankrupt in 1913.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 1 poster : col. ; 70 x 105 cm., on identically-sized linen backing.

Abstract

Illustrated poster for Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East show. Depicts male and female horseback riders jumping over obstacles, other men and a woman dressed in riding attire, hunting dogs chasing a fox, and two male athletes jumping over a hurdle and a horse.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F779
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14426842
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7bbe4b90-c62c-012f-8e27-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Text
Still Image

Date Issued

1912

Cite this item

MLA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Buffalo Bill's wild west [and] Pawnee Bill'e far east poster" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bbe4b90-c62c-012f-8e27-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). Buffalo Bill's wild west [and] Pawnee Bill'e far east poster Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bbe4b90-c62c-012f-8e27-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Buffalo Bill's wild west [and] Pawnee Bill'e far east poster" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bbe4b90-c62c-012f-8e27-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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