Original front cover of Street and Smith's New York Weekly, with a large wood-engraved portrait of Buffalo Bill in the center, measuring 20½"x13½" matted and inside a rustic wooden frame (27"x21") with a few large nail holes around the margins (for further vintage effect).

William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917) trapper, Colorado "Fifty-Niner," Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, and one of the most illustrious prairie scouts in American history. Buffalo Bill was employed by the United States Army as a scout during the Indian Wars and is also famous for his Wild West Shows. He won the congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 and was ever after the favorite scout of the Fifth Cavalry. Includes Ned Buntline's article "Buffalo Bill: The King of the Border Men! 'The Wildest and Truest Story I Ever Wrote'".