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Title
Welcome Wigwam, prairie home of "Buffalo Bill," North Platte, Nebraska
Creator
Broach, W. H
Date Created and/or Issued
[1899]
Publication Information
North Platte, Neb. : W. H. Broach, photographer
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Shows two homes, picket fence, open carriage, buffalo. Label on back reads "Presented to Mrs. A. C. Hitt at Sheridan, Wyoming, December, 1899, by Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill, the illustrious) and in May, 1929 passed over to the California State Library by Mrs. A. C. Hitt of Roseville, California." "Compliments of W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill" -- handwritten in lower left corner.
1990-1618.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on cardboard mount ; image 13 x 16 in. on mount 15 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001489182CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Buffalo Bill,, 1846-1917--Homes and haunts--Nebraska--North Platte--Photographs
Houses--Nebraska--North Platte
Carriages & coaches--Nebraska--North Platte
Fences--Nebraska--North Platte
North Platte (Neb.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
Nebraska
North Platte
North Platte (Neb.)

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