Comment by william on April 18, 2014 at 5:38am

WOW!!! That's Way Cool!!!

The only thing I have is a clown suit that Bill Cody gave to my grandfather.

this was from his wild west show.

Comment by hitmanten on April 18, 2014 at 12:10pm

Thanks, William. The clown suit sounds pretty damn cool. I'd love to see it if you have a pic. That sounds like an "Antiques Roadshow" find that's probably worth a small fortune.

Bill Cody was one of my heroes, and I've always wanted his autograph. I was lucky to obtain this, and with a bit more research actually learned that it had apparently originally been sold sometime in the 70s through Sotheby's.

Comment by william on April 18, 2014 at 12:18pm

wow that's awesome . The story was told from My grandfather he was my moms father this was a farm way back. before the civil way the hose was built most likely before the 1840's. we had extra horses my grand dad was 13 at the time I think he was born in 1883. he went with his father because William Cody was in Boston at the time a 2 day trip by horse and buggy to get Bill the extra horses he needed for the show.

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