Rare Johnny Baker Cowboy Kid Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Photograph Album
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:2799074 | Original/Reprint: Original Print |
| Photo Type: Gelatin Silver | Date of Creation: 1900-1909 |
For your consideration is this extremely rare original photograph album of Johnny Baker, also known as The Cowboy Kid! I will have an incredible grouping of original Buffalo Bill and Wild West items. Many of these items descended in the family of Johnny Baker and then were purchased by me at auction. It is rare chance to own some authentic and candid photographs of a performer in the Wild West Show.
The following is information taken from the Cody Family website. /Johnny Baker w...as born on January 13, 1869 as Lewis H Baker. After having moved to North Platte (Nebraska), his parents found their situation too much of a financial burden to adequately raise their son...In 1875, William F Cody moved his family to Rochester, New York. While on tour, Cody's only son Kit Carson died of scarlet fever. Kit was born a year after Johnny, and was almost 6 years old at the time of his death. William Cody was devastated, he had grand dreams of his son joining and continuing the legacy of the Wild West Shows. At one of his performances in Nebraska, he met the young Johnny Baker who idolized Buffalo Bill. Cody drew a special connection to this young boy who reminded him so much of his dead son. At the age of 7, Baker was unofficially adopted into the Cody family. Johnny did not become an official member of the Wild West Show until he was 14 and then continued performing for the next 33 years. Johnny became a sharpshooter and even was said to have been trained by Annie Oakley. He became known as "The Cowboy Kid". He dazzled audiences in the US and Europe with his sharpshooting and riding skills. After Buffalo Bill's death, he created the Buffalo Bill Museum in 1921 and filled it full of rare artifacts and photographs, a way of memorializing Cody.This photograph album is dated 1903 with most of the images taken when he was on tour in England and performing for the Queen and other royalty. The first page shows Baker in a studio and is signed “From Papa”. Lists birth dates of himself and was given to his daughter Gladys Katherine Baker who was born June 1st 1893. The album is also a scrapbook of sorts with approx 20 clippings from local newspapers. Interspersed in the clippings are rare images. Many show Baker in the studio with his gun or posed in his cowboy clothing. There is a fantastic shot of the Buffalo Bill group posed with a presentation set from the queen, a rare image showing the group as Native Americans ransacking a cabin, some intimate shots inside his home in London, an original ink drawing that would have been in the paper, and a small portrait of Della Ferrell, his deceased wife and famous cowgirl. The album measures 10.5” by 8” with most of the images being about page size or smaller. A rare chance to own this one of a kind album. This will be Shipped with USPS Priority Mail based on a 3 lb package.International via Priority International.
You are completely responsible for all state taxes and any custom fees. Payment via PayPal. Any Disputes please just contact me, I am happy to accommodate any questions or issues. Thank you!
You are completely responsible for all state taxes and any custom fees. Payment via PayPal. Any Disputes please just contact me, I am happy to accommodate any questions or issues. Thank you!
