Major Gordon W. ("Pawnee Bill") Lillie, famous showman of the southwest. This picture was made while he was touring the eastern states, and the photographer, Erwin E. Smith, was in art school in Boston. Photographed against a painted backdrop of the show.

Erwin E. Smith (1886-1947)

Date

June 1908
Object Type

Negatives and Transparencies
Medium

Gelatin dry plate negative
Dimensions

5 x 7 in.
Inscriptions

[None]
Collection Name

Erwin E. Smith LC Collection
Credit Line

Erwin E. Smith Collection of the Library of Congress on Deposit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

LC.S6.356
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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