Wild west shows

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Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

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Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

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Black and white original prints of Hennessey and Kingfisher, Oklahoma Territory and state, along with scenes of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch. Charles Anderson Nothstein Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original prints of the employees and performances of the Pawnee Bill and the 101 Wild West Shows. The collection includes scenes of cowboy and cowgirl performers, as well as those of Indian performers from the Pawnee, Sac and Fox, Potawatomi, Osage, Crow, Sioux, Blackfoot, Comanche, Ponca, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kickapoo tribes.

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Black and white copy prints of Vince Dillion photographs of the Miller Brothes 101 Wild West Show and Ranch. Included are scenes of cowboys, cowgirls, and Indian performers, along with photographs of Pawnee Bill's Old Town, Ponca City, and Fairfax Oklahoma.

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Black and white original glass plate negatives with copy prints of Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Kiowa, Sac and Fox, Pawnee, Ponca, Apache, Iowa, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Cherokee, Creek, Sioux, Kaw, Osage, and Oto Indians. Also includes scenes of farming, ranching, wild west shows, railroads, oil wells and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.

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Black and white original prints of David Ross Boyd, his family, scenes from the first ten years of the University of Oklahoma, including the first faculty, students and buildings. The collection also contains images of the Rough Riders Reunion at Oklahoma City in 1910. David Ross Boyd Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Scrapbooks (1905-1936) and diaries (1903-1912) regarding Tantlinger's performances in wild west shows, including Buckskin Bill's Historical Wild West Show and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show. D. Vernon Tantlinger Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original prints of wild west show performers Edith and Vernon Tantlinger. The collection includes scenes of the Tantlingers performing with the 101 Wild West Show, Tantlinger's Wild West Shows, and the Tex-Mex Real Wild West Show. Also included are photographs of other performers with the shows. Edith and Vernon Tantlinger Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white copy and original prints of the towns of Enid, Oklahoma City, Norman, El Reno, Tahlequah, and Guthrie, Oklahoma; Duncan and Navajoe, Oklahoma Territory; and Spiro and Okmulgee, Indian Territory. The collection also contains photographs of Havasupai, Pima, Papago, Navajo, Hopi, Ute, Kiowa, Apache, Eskimo, and Creek Indians, along with scenes of the University of Oklahoma and its students and faculty. Edward Everett Dale Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...

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Rancher and historian. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, newspapers and other printed materials regarding Major Lillie and his ranching and business enterprises. Includes an autobiographical sketch, and correspondence regarding various Indian chiefs. Gordon William Lillie Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original and copy prints of Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill), his family, firends, and Wild West Shows. Included are photographs of Tom Mix, William S. Hart, Will Rogers, Buffalo Bill Cody, along with a panorama of Gordon W. Lillie and Pawnee Indians travelling to President Herbert Hoover's inauguration. Gordon William Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original and copy prints of Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill), his family, firends, and Wild West Shows. Included are photographs of Tom Mix, William S. Hart, Will Rogers, Buffalo Bill Cody, along with a panorama of Gordon W. Lillie and Pawnee Indians travelling to President Herbert Hoover's inauguration. Gordon William Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original and copy prints of Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill), his family, firends, and Wild West Shows. Included are photographs of Tom Mix, William S. Hart, Will Rogers, Buffalo Bill Cody, along with a panorama of Gordon W. Lillie and Pawnee Indians travelling to President Herbert Hoover's inauguration. Gordon William Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

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Black and white copy prints of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory, and the towns of Ardmore, Foss, Gotebo, and Cordell, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of businesses, railroads, farming, picnicking, schools, a Ku Klux Klan parade and tornado damage. James Franklin Parman Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Correspondence (1893-1915) to and from various members of the Whistler family regarding life in Oklahoma Territory, describing a first ride in an automobile, sicknesses, diseases and quarantines, floods, Sac and Fox Indian dances and customs, the Sac and Fox Indian Agency and its Agent, Lee Patrick, the Chilicco Indian School, Wild West shows, and holiday celebrations. Correspondents include Maude Mayes Whistler, Pearl Mayes Whistler, and Gertrude Naden. Jerry Whistler Snow Photograph Collection also in repository.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and contact prints of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma, and of the 101 Wild West Show, photographed by Vince Dillon.