Buffalo Bill's Wild West Indian paper toy
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Indian paper toy
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- Description (Brief)
- Hand-cut paper toy printed with an illustration of an American Indian holding a rifle, part of a child's play set of chromolithograph cutout toys representing characters from the Buffalo Bill Wild West show. Figures in the 41-piece set include William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, trick riders, American Indian performers, steer, buffaloes, bulls, horses, and the Deadwood stagecoach. Produced on a set of sheets by McLoughlin Brothers, publishers of children’s books and board games, the cards were cut out and mounted on wooden bases. They could be arranged to re-create two well-known acts from Cody’s enormously popular production. One group of figures enacts “The Capture of the Deadwood Mail,” a gunfight over a stagecoach between mounted Native Americans and cowboys. The other group displays the show’s buffalo hunt.
- Object Name
- paper toy
- date made
- ca 1890
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- glue (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.0071.17
- accession number
- 2012.0071
- catalog number
- 2012.0071.17
- subject
- West
- Wild West Shows
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Exhibition
- Entertainment Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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