Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Finding Frank By Jennifer R. Henneman In a previous Points West Online article, readers took great delight in Mike Parker’s story about the Center of the West’s enormous 1888 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West poster featuring Queen Victoria (Fig. 1). A printer by trade, Parker wrote of the painstaking […]
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show was so famous by the end of the 19th century it traveled to Europe. These shows were celebrated back in America by billboard-sized posters. These posters are rare to find. This was the time when posters were plastered on walls, then the next show would come in and a new […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2009 Pendant given to William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody by Queen Victoria Queen Victoria gave this pendant, or watch fob, to William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody while his Wild West performed in England. Made of gold and surrounded by diamonds, the words, “HONI∙SOIT∙QUI∙MAL∙Y∙PENSE” translate roughly, “Evil to […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 By Mike Parker When the Buffalo Bill Center of the West acquired a poster commemorating an 1888 performance of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show for Queen Victoria of England, it created quite a stir. It’s impressive to see the 32-panel, 10 x 28 ft. poster on display in […]