Buffalo Bill Cody Luggage Sticker

This sticker is undated, obviously, but it was probably issued some time in the 1930s. William Cody (1846-1917) was well known as the leader of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, which last appeared in Denver in 1908. Thus, it is likely that some people who used a sticker like this had actually seen Buffalo Bill in person.

Click image to download a 134-KB PDF of this luggage sticker.

The real point of the sticker is to advertise Cody and the Cody Road as an entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The Cody Road opened in 1903, and we’ve seen Burlington booklets advertising it ranging from 1917 to 1946. I’ve seen a booklet from 1916 and a Cody Road brochure from 1957. Burlington ended passenger service to and closed its hotel in Cody in 1956, so the 1957 brochure may have been the last.


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