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Chicago,IL - c1893 - Buffalo Bill Cody "Programme," Stereoview :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Chicago,IL - c1893 - Buffalo Bill Cody  Programme,  Stereoview :
Lot of two items: 1) "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World Historical Sketches, & Programme." Dated Chicago, IL, 1893. Program is 64 pages, in color, fully illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings, and measures 7" x 9". Item includes a "Facsimile of Col. W.F. Cody's Commission as Brigadier-General in the National Guard (of the State of Nebraska)" and, of course, a history of Cody's life and exploits. The show programme itself has 19 "acts," including: Miss Annie Oakley "illustrating her dexterity in the use of Fire-arms, Col Cody himself shows his "Unique Feats of Sharpshooting," and "The Battle of the Little Big Horn, Showing with Historical Accuracy the scene of Custer's Last Charge." 2) Stereoview of "1392. Buffalo Bill." Measures 7" x 3 1/4", mounted on orange cardstock. The image shows Cody, on horseback, aiming a rifle downfield. He appears to be in park with brick buildings as the backdrop. The contrast is medium, while the focus is good. Several small spots can be seen in the center top of the right image. The matte shows some wear along the right and left edges, as well as in each corner. "C.W. Woodward, Rochester, N Y" is printed vertically along the left border, while "New York City And Vicinity" is printed vertically along the right. The photographer, Charles Warren Woodward, was born in 1836 in Orange MA, moved to Rochester around l862-63, and became fine art goods dealer. Between 1870-78, he ran the Rochester Picture Frame Depot, which dealt in looking glasses, chromos, Stereoscopes, and stereo views. In 1882 Woodward became director of the Union View Co., also in Rochester, producing landscape and architectural views and photographic supplies. In 1884, Henry C. Albee became a partner in "Woodward and Albee," located at 175 Front Street. The following year the firm was called the Woodward Stereoscopic Company, having been set up under the name of Woodward's wife, Charlotte [Ref: geh.org/link/BN/woodward-by-struble.html].