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Great gray (Strix nebulosa) owl specimen
March 25, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Great gray owl

Originally featured in Points West in Summer 2008 Great gray (Strix nebulosa) owl specimen Aristotle once said, “In all things of nature…

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Crow/Nez Perce bison hide, quill wrapped horse hair blanket strip edged in pony and seed beads, ca. 1850. NA.203.1483
March 22, 2015

Art of the Buffalo Culture Era: The Paul Dyck Collection – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 Art of the Buffalo Culture Era: The Paul Dyck Collection By Emma I. HansenPlains Indian…

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Hand-colored photograph by Paolo Salviati of Buffalo Bill and Indian members of the Wild West cast in Venice, April 1890. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.822 (detail)
March 21, 2015

Treasures from Our West: photograph, Buffalo Bill and Wild West cast members in Venice

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2012 Buffalo Bill and Wild West cast members in a gondola in Venice As our…

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Harold McCracken on the schooner Morrissey, ca. 1928. MS 305 Harold McCracken Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. N198#F1253V
March 18, 2015

Photographs: Harold McCracken and the Alaska Arctic Expedition

Past Exhibition Photographs from Harold McCracken’s Expedition to Alaska and the Arctic McCracken Research Library Gallery The dozen photographs in this display…

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Poster, 1888. Mary Jester Allen Acquisition fund purchase. 1.69.6354
March 15, 2015

Printing—19th century style… Buffalo Bill’s posters – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 By Mike Parker When the Buffalo Bill Center of the West acquired a poster commemorating…

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Printing press area, Buffalo Bill Museum
March 14, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Babcock printing press

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2012 Babcock drum cylinder printing press William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody is thought to be…

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