Harry V. Bock letters and photographs relating to Gordon Lillie and Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, 1911-1934.

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Harry V. Bock letters and photographs relating to Gordon Lillie and Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, 1911-1934.

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3 typescript letters, signed, from Gordon W. Lillie ("Pawnee Bill") to Harry Bock, dating between November 1933 and January 1934. The letters relate Lillie's intention to put together a show for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34 and inquire about Bock's interest in building wagons ("prairie schooners") for the show or signing on as master mechanic. 20 photographs are present, many captioned on verso, including: a collaged photograph, dated 1918, of Bock with a Southern Arapaho preacher named "Sitting Bull," known for proselytizing southern Native American tribes; two mounted photographs documenting the construction of Pawnee BIll's house and another building in Pawnee, Oklahoma; several photographs of wagons that Bock built for Pawnee Bill's Wild West shows; a number of snapshots of the grounds of the Wild West shows; a photograph of Bock as a young man with another Wild West performer; and a photograph of a 1911 meeting of the Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The collection also includes two Christmas cards from Pawnee Bill and a blank photographic postcard of Buffalo Bill at Pawnee Bill's ranch.

1.71 linear feet (2 boxes)

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