Letters : from G.W. Lillie, 1927-1932.

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Letters : from G.W. Lillie, 1927-1932.

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Letter to cowboy film star, Ken Maynard, from Wild West showman, G.W. Lillie, known as Pawnee Bill. The letter from G.W. Lillie is handwritten on Pawnee Bill's Buffalo Ranch stationary dated May 16, 1927, praises the film "Senor Dare Devil" starring Ken Maynard, and invites him to come and visit. Second letter typed on Pawnee Bill's Oldtown stationary, dated Mar. 22, 1932 discusses Lillie's near completion of writing "Life of Pawnee Bill" inviting Maynard to read it over in view of making an "important western picture" of it.

2 items (2 leaves) ; 22 cm.

Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum

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Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942

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Pawnee Bill was a Wild West show impresario and late contemporary of Buffalo Bill Cody, with whom he was in partnership between 1908 and 1913. From the description of Pawnee Bill letter, 1931. (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum). WorldCat record id: 61257714 Gordon W. Lillie (1860-1942) was born in Illinois and worked as an interpreter and schoolteacher at the Pawnee Indian Agency in what is now Oklahoma, starting in 1878. He later worked as an interpreter for th...

Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973

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Wild west show, circus, and rodeo performer who starred in western films from the late 1920's to the mid 1940's. From the description of Ken Maynard circus material, 1914-1940 (bulk 1936-1938) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79597925 Wild West show, circus and rodeo performer who starred in Western films from the late 1920's to the mid-1940's. From the description of Ken Maynard collection, 1925-1944 [manuscri...