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Buffalo Bill Wild West Show performer Prairie Flower
Buffalo Bill Wild West Show performer Prairie Flower
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  • Buffalo Bill Wild West Show performer Prairie Flower framed Cabinet card.
  • Date: Cabinet card, 4" x 5.8". 1880-1890
  • Louisa Stump (aka Prairie Flower) was born on May 5, 1868 of Iroquois parents from Kahnawake. She was an expert shot and traveled with the Kiowa Medicine Company for a time. She also worked with several other shows during that period. She was known to her friends as Rosy Gordon. Buffalo Bill Cody called her "The Prairie Flower" when she worked for him. She also awed the crowds with her trick shooting under the name "Texas Lillie". Her picture appeared in the National Police Gazette on July 26, 1890, where she challenged all "wing shots" in the world. Louisa died in the 1940s. Posed in this image with her husband,Louis Belmont Newell. She was a contemporary of Annie Oakley.

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    Buffalo Bill Wild West Show performer Prairie Flower

    Estimate $350 - $500
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    Starting Price $1
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