Post by grahamew on Aug 21, 2020 15:35:33 GMT -5
Looking like a Buffalo Bill rip-off, this is Colonel Lavelle with some Lakota from his Wild West Show. Apparently, he took the first Wild West Show to Australia in 1912. I'm sure I've seen him before, incorrectly identified as Buffalo Bill, as he was on the auction site that I took the image from, despite the written annotation making it clear that it isn't the case.
historical.ha.com/itm/photography/studio-portraits/william-f-buffalo-bill-cody-photograph-group/a/6221-43696.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115
There's a bit about Lavelle here, if you use the find function...
96.55.108.171/jbpg/media/1910s/1912/12/1912-12-07_-_mag_-_new_york_clipper_-_vol_lx_no_43.pdf