LOT 18 1910s WILLIAM BUFFALO BILL CODY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN

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LOT 18 1910s WILLIAM BUFFALO BILL CODY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN:
$37.00

Lot of 18, exceptionally rare and simply fantastic, 1910’s and 1920’s William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody Family Snapshot Photographs of Cody’s Children, Grandchildren, extended family and ranch hands at leisure at their various cabins and ranches in Wyoming, primarily the Bobcat Ranch and the TE Ranch. While Buffalo Bill is not pictured in any of these Snapshot Photos, the images show his children and grandchildren relaxing at the TE Ranch and Bobcat Ranch, as well as views of both ranches. Most photographs are from later in Cody\'s life, ca 1910s, and some images of the Garlow family actually appear to be from shortly after Cody\'s death. These Photographs were the personal property of Buffalo Bill Cody and his wife Louise and descended directly in the Cody family to his great-granddaughter Patricia Ann \"Patsy\" Garlow - granddaughter of Cody\'s daughter Irma.

These fascinating, Unmounted Photographs, taken at the Bobcat Ranch and TE Ranch range in size from approx. 2 1/4\" by 3 1/4 to 5 1/4\" by 3 1/4”. The majority measure approx. 5 1/4” by 3 1/4” and all are from The Cody Family collection.

Two of the Images have manuscript identifications on the reverse that read “TE Cow Camp at Rock Creek” (this is the Bobcat Ranch). Another reads “Main TE Ranch House looking N.E.”. Two others read “Fred Garlow Jr. at TE Ranch” Others read “Freddie and Billy garlow”, “Cody Boal ? TE Ranch”, “remember the bamboo nest you and Bill Barber cut down”, and “Boc Cat Ranch / ½ Mile above TE Ranch”.

Please see the scans below for a good indication of the content of each of these 18 Photographs from the Cody Family Archive.

Provenance: These fantastic Photographs descended directly in the family of Irma Louise Cody Garlow, Buffalo Bill Cody\'s last surviving child. Buffalo Bill and his wife Louisa Frederici Cody (1843-1921) had four children but only their two daughters - Arta (1866-1904) and the baby Irma (1883-1918) lived to adulthood. Irma married Frederick Harrison Garlow Sr. (1880-1918) and had 3 children - Frederick Harrison Garlow Jr. (1911-1985); William Joseph Garlow (changed name to Cody) (1913-1992) and Jane Cody Garlow (1909-1987). When Irma and Fred Garlow Sr. died within three days of each other during the influenza pandemic of 1918, the three young children were cared for by their Grandmother Louisa, wife of Buffalo Bill Cody. Fred Garlow Jr. married Margaret Southerland and they had two children Patricia Ann (b.1948) and Mark Frederick (b. 1952).

In 2014 the bulk of the Cody-Garlow Collection was sold at sale with Patsy holding onto her favorite Photograph of Bill, the family and performers from the Show. With Patsy’s death last year, we were lucky enough to purchase some of the most intimate, one of a kind Photos of Bill Cody and his family which we will be offering over the next few weeks in our weekly sales.

The Photographs offered here were the property of Patricia Ann \"Patsy\" Garlow, Buffalo Bill\'s direct great-granddaughter. They were the property of the Cody-Garlow family and were originally the property of William F. “Buffalo Bill\" Cody and his wife. This Photograph, from the Cody-Garlow Collection, spent most of the last half of the 20th century on loan to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center of the West, and most of the Images in this lot have pencil notations on the reverse with their inventory number.

The famous TE Ranch, some thirty-five miles southwest of Cody, was established by Buffalo Bill as a horse and cattle ranch and a hide-away where he could spent all too brief periods of rest. In 1895, Buffalo Bill Cody was instrumental in the founding of the town of Cody, the seat of Park County in northwestern Wyoming. Cody first passed through the region in the 1870s. He was so impressed by the development possibilities from irrigation, rich soil, grand scenery, hunting, and proximity to Yellowstone Park that he returned in the mid-1890s to start a town. He brought with him associates for whom streets of Cody were named: Beck, Alger, Rumsey, Bleistein and Salsbury. The town was incorporated in 1901.

In November 1902, Cody opened the Irma Hotel, which he named after his daughter. He envisioned a growing number of tourists coming to Cody via the recently opened Burlington rail line. He expected that they would proceed up the Cody Trail along the North Fork of the Shoshone River to visit Yellowstone Park. To accommodate travelers, Cody completed construction of the Wapiti Inn and Pahaska Tepee in 1905 along the Cody Road with the assistance of artist and rancher Abraham Archibald Anderson.

Cody also established the Bobcat Ranch, located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River about thirty-five miles from Cody. When he acquired the TE property, he sent cattle from Nebraska and South Dakota. His new herd carried the TE brand. The late 1890s were relatively prosperous years for \"Buffalo Bill\'s Wild West\", and he bought more land to add to the TE Ranch. Eventually Cody held around 8,000 acres of private land for grazing operations and ran about 1,000 head of cattle. He also operated a dude ranch, pack horse camping trips, and big game hunting business at and from the TE Ranch. In his spacious ranch house, he entertained notable guests from Europe and America.

The Photographs offered in this lot are unique, one of a kind, Cody Family Snapshot Photographs taken at their ranch outside Cody, Wyoming.

These rare and wonderful, 1910’s Western Americana / Buffalo Bil Cody Family Photographs are in very good to excellent condition – generally clean and crisp – some have light edge wear. Please see the scans below for a good indication of the content and condition of these wonderful Cody Family Snapshot Photographs.

A Lot of 18 unique and original, 1910’s and 1920’s William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody Family Snapshot Photographs of Cody’s Children, Grandchildren, extended family and ranch hands at leisure at their various cabins and ranches in Wyoming, primarily the Bobcat Ranch and the TE Ranch and a fantastic addition to any collection!!

Be sure to check out this seller’s other sales for a number of other 19th and early 20th century, Western Americana and Native American Photographs (including other items from the Cody-Garlow estate) which are also being offered for sale this week on !!

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