Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2008 Ensuring a Lasting Finish for the Future: Conserving Outdoor Sculptures By Mindy A. Besaw Thanks to a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, […]
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Buffalo Bill’s spurs torched—on purpose.
Sometime around 1959, Cody, Wyoming’s, iconic statue sustained a mishap due to vandals. Evidently, some nefarious ne’er-do-wells nabbed the spurs off Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s (1875 – 1942) monumental sculpture […]