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Description
Call Number
NS-6
Title
Wax
figures
Summary
Three
men
,
including
Reverend
Jim
Airey
,
Houston
City
Councilman
Phil
Hamburger
and
Houston
Mayor
Oscar
Holcomb
,
pose
with
five
life-sized
,
wax
figures
depicting
, from
left
:
Judge
Roy
Bean
"
Law
West
of the
Pecos
";
Jefferson
Davis
,
President
of the
Confederacy
;
Judge
Willie
Williamson
, a
pioneer
judge
;
Hunkpapa
Sioux
Chief
Sitting
Bull
and
Colonel
William
Frederick
"
Buffalo
Bill
"
Cody
. The
men
pose
at a
rounded
,
wood
table
in
front
of an
American
flag
and a
Texas
flag
. A
large
microphone
is
on the
table
between
the
figures
of
Cody
and
Sitting
Bull
.
Date
[1940?]
Notes
Figures
numbered
1
through
8
in the
image
correspond
to
words
"
Before
the
Houston
City
Council
June
5
,
1940
presenting
Frontier
Museum
project
1
-
Judge
Roy
Bean
("Law
West
of the
Pecos")
2
-
Thom
Jefferson
Davis
(President
of
Confederacy)
3
-
Judge
Willie
Williamson
(hero
of
San
Jacinto
,
pioneer
judge)
4
-
Chief
Sitting
Bull
5
-
Col
.
Cody
6
-
yours
truly
(Rev
.
Jim
Airey)
7
-
Commissioner
Phil
Hamburger
8
-
Mayor
Oscar
Holcomb
"
handwritten
in
black
ink
on
back
of
print
(The
first
five
names
are
joined
by a
bracket
with "
wax
figures
"
written
next
to
it.)
;
words
"
Sent
to
R.S
.
James
by
Rev
.
Jim
Airey
-
group
of
wax
figures
made
for
National
Frontiersmens
Museum
Houston
,
Texas
-
no
longer
in
existence
"
handwritten
in
blue
ink
on
back
of
print.
;
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
R7001050066
Physical Description
1 photoprint ; 17 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Subject
Wild west shows--1880-1920.
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Statues.
Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Statues.
Airey, Jim.
Bean, Roy, d. 1903--Statues.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Statues.
Hamburger, Phil.
Holcomb, Oscar.
Williamson, Willie--Statues.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Group
portraits.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Wax
figures.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Filename
00105006.tif
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