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Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860-02-14 - 1942-02-03

Biography

Gordon William Lillie, known professionally as Pawnee Bill, was an American showman and performer who specialized in Wild West shows and was known for his short partnership with William "Buffalo" Bill Cody.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Artist's portrait, 1920

 Item
Identifier: 2020.049.1.6
Scope and Contents

Artist's full color portrait of Major Gordon W. Lillie "Pawnee Bill", pictured in profile and dressed in full costume.

Dates: 1920

Chief Bird Head, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Pawnee.003
Scope and Contents

A man on mounted on a hourse, both facing right. The horse stands in the middle of a road with a picket fence behind it.

Dates: Undated

Framed portrait, 1885

 Item
Identifier: 2020.049 OVRSZ 1
Scope and Contents

Framed studio portrait featuring Pawnee Bill as a younger man, pictured standing and dressed in full costume.

Dates: 1885

Pawnee

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.12
Scope and Contents From the File: An artificial collection that consists of materials pertaining to Oklahoma and Oklahomans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is not part of any other collection.The Oklahoma Collection subsumes the old Oklahoma Ephemera, Oklahoma Historical Photos and Docs and Oklahoma Maps collections. Ephemera was a remnant of the McFarlin Reference Department's vertical files, the larger portion having been sent to the Tulsa City-County Library, which was kept during the late 1940s...
Dates: 1864 - 1991

Portrait, 1885

 Item
Identifier: 2020.049.1.1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait featuring Pawnee Bill in profile as a younger man, wearing hat, tie, vest and coat.

Dates: 1885

Portrait, 1885

 Item
Identifier: 20920.049.1.2
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait featuring a three-quarter view of Pawnee Bill as a younger man, wearing hat, tie, vest and coat.

Dates: 1885

Portrait, 1885

 Item
Identifier: 2020.049.1.3
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait featuring Pawnee Bill dressed in full western cowboy costume, in a standing pose, with "Pawnee Bill" written across the lower right portion of the image.

Dates: 1885