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Tom wrote:
Buffalo Bill Show
"I should explain that for the first
decade or so of its existence Buffalo Bill's touring company was a
Wild West show, pure and simple, with Indians, cowboys and
Mexicans. But the format in which it made its second
visit to Scotland in 1904 was 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Congress
of Rough Riders of the World'.
'Cossacks' were first added during the
London season in the summer of 1892. However, they were not
Cossacks as billed, at all, but were from Georgia (that became
part of the former Soviet
Union).
This photo grabbed my attention because I
happened to notice the Edinburgh address, 16 Princes Street,
Edinburgh, on the bottom right corner of the photo."
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Tom Cunningham, Thornhill, Stirlingshire, Scotland:
July 9, 2010
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The Photographer
*** The
Edinburgh and Glasgow photographer, Ovinius Davis, had a studio at
16 Princes Street, Edinburgh, from 1881 to 1928.
Peter Stubbs: July 9, 2010 |
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More Photos?
Tom is looking for more photos of 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West &
Congress of Rough Riders of the World' in the course of
visit to Edinburgh, in August 1904. If you know of any,
please email me, then I'll pass your message on to him.
Thank you.
Peter Stubbs: July 9, 2010 |
