Name/Title
Cody, William F., Buffalo Bill, Funeral & Marker Photos (2), 1917Entry/Object ID
P2005.11.38Description
Cody, William F., Buffalo Bill, Funeral & Marker Photos (2), 1917. sepia & b/w. Two photos taken in Golden, Colorado related to the death and burial of Cody. Cody died January 10, 1917 in Denver, Colorado. His grave and museum are in Golden, Colorado.
05.11.38 = Bronze marker at Cody tomb, laid in stone. " In Memoriam" Colonel William Frederick Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', Noted Scout and Indian Fighter. Born February 26, 1846, Scott County, Iowa; Died January 10, 1917, Denver, Colorado." b/w. 3¼" x 4½".
05.11.39 = Pall bearers around Cody's casket laid over his gravesite. Photo of 8 older men wearing suits with Masonic aprons tied about their waists on either side of the casket that has just been placed on platform above open grave. A man in uniform, stands behind them. Handwritten on back: "Cody Funeral. The pallbearers of Golden City Lodge No. 1, A.F. and A.M., lowering the casket into the grave." sepia. 7½" x 9¼".
Original digital scan located on History CD 20.Lexicon
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Buffalo Bill, Cody, Wm. F., FuneralDimensions
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Printsize: 7½" x 9¼"
#38 is 3¼" x 4½"Relationships
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Notes
Photos by L. Moxie Hanley, Buffalo Bill Wild West Show staff photographer, 1913-1914. Moxie retired to Kansas City and had studio there. These photos from his estate, donated about 1961.
