When Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo was displayed in Paris in 1889, his urgent message about the looming extinction of American bison was amplified to an international audience. Bierstadt’s painting, on view at the Paris Salon, was at the center of artistic, cultural, and political discourse about the American West on a global […]
In a November 7, 2014, story, CNN’s Brandon Briggs shares the story about this “oldest photo” from Mashable.com and Amanda Uren of Retronaut.com, a website that archives historic photos. Apparently, the photo has appeared online before, but it’s generated more attention because Mashable published it as a full-page story… And just where is the human […]
Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2007 Charles Belden photo of cowboys in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris According to Charles Belden, a photographer and rancher from Meeteetse, Wyoming, whose wonderful photos make up one of our most popular and requested image collections at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, this was […]
Treasures from Our West Attaque De Le Diligence (Attack of the Stagecoach) poster Who could miss the message in this eye-catching poster? Produced by the Weiners Litho Company of Paris in 1905, this single-sheet lithograph advertised Buffalo Bill’s Wild West tour of France with a hint of the excitement audiences could catch in the show arena. […]