Buffalo Bill bids you good bye : Official program of Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East, ca. 1910.

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Buffalo Bill bids you good bye : Official program of Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East, ca. 1910.

Consists of a 28 page booklet advertising Buffalo Bill's intended farewell tour, with photographs, line drawings, unsigned biographical and historical pieces in prose and verse, letters of tribute from military leaders, and a "Valedictory" said to have been written by Buffalo Bill himself, in which he says goodbye to the public and emphasizes that this will indeed be his farewell tour.

1 portfolio (30 leaves) ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6774363

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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