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Wild west shows

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

A dozen or so side shows at the 101 Wild West Show., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 58
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.

Dates: Undated

A few cars, a horse-drawn wagon, and crowd; in the background, side show cloth posters and the main entrance to the big show., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 74
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.

Dates: Undated

A horse performing a jumping stunt in Shawnee, Oklahoma., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 75
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.

Dates: Undated

Band playing in front of banners advertising side show events., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 59
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.

Dates: Undated

“Big show, main entrance;” also side shows and their ticket stands., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 29
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.

Dates: Undated

“Big show ticket office,” a structure on wheels., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 30
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.

Dates: Undated

“Big show ticket office,” with crowd at entrance., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 28
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.

Dates: Undated

Charles Anderson Nothstein Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1621
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1889-1907

Charles Nesbitt, Margôt Nesbitt, and Emil W. Lenders Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1407
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1900-1925

Cunningham-Dillion Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1667
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1910-1930

Cunningham-Prettyman Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1150
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880-1910

David Ross Boyd Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1187
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1885-1930

Edith and D. Vernon Tantlinger Collection

 Collection — Box T-2
Identifier: WHC-M-1711
Scope and Contents

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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.

Dates: 1903-1936

Edith and Vernon Tantlinger Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1651
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1896-1930

Edward Everett Dale Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1582
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880-1940

Elephant girls riding on decorated elephants. Part of the Far East show at 101 Ranch., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 53
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.

Dates: Undated

Elephants and elephant girl., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 56
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.

Dates: Undated

Frank Phillips Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1133
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...
Dates: 1870-1930

Gordon W. Lillie Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-360
Scope and Contents

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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.

Dates: 1879-1950

Gordon William Lillie Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1516
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1846-1935

Group picture of Wild West troupe, probably taken in Holland. Pawnee Bill and May Lillie identifiable. Notation on back “To Sir Gordon, Commander-in-Chief of the whole troupe from H.K. Baerselman”., undated

 Item — Box Photo L-12A, item: 74
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: undated

Group picture showing a camel and camel baby. Possibly taken in Holland at time of European tour of Pawnee Bill’s show. See picture #74, undated

 Item — Box Photo L-15, item: 367
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: undated

Horses and rolling stock of 101 Wild West show on the streets of Marland, Oklahoma., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 64
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.

Dates: Undated

James Franklin Parman Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1654
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1894-1965

Jerry Whistler Snow Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-697
Scope and Contents

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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.

Dates: 1893-1915

Large canvas posters and a band attract customers to the side shows at Shawnee., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 78
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.

Dates: Undated

Large crowd in front of the entrance to the side show in Shawnee, Oklahoma., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16A, item: 68
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.

Dates: Undated

Large group of cowboys and Indians on horseback from the 101 Ranch Wild West show. The African American man in center foreground may be Bill Pickett., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16B, item: 121
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.

Dates: Undated

Man holding another man up., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-16B, item: 106
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.

Dates: Undated