COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1304043
Reference Number:
English MS 1393
Image Title:
Wild West in London 1887 - 1902
Parent Work Title:
Buffalo Bill Scrapbook
Creator:
Hipkins, Edith
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
20th century
Page/Sheet:
1a
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Handwritten introduction by Edith Hipkins to 'Col. W. F. Cody's Wild West in London, 1887 - 1902. A Scrapbook edited by A. J. Hipkins.' Edith J. Hipkins records that: 'this collection of odds and ends are a memento mori of an exhibition of real life held in London some years ago. Collected by my brother and carried out by my father for our mother's amusement'. Also mentioned in the introduction is William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) and Luther Standing Bear.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Wild west shows
Subject:
Great Britain--Social history
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrapbooks
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE; 20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: Croydon
Places Covered:
United States: Philadelphia
People Covered:
Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
People Covered:
Hipkins, Alfred James, 1826-1903
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hipkins family, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-11-29
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Wild West in London 1887 - 1902
