Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Sculpture and Signage

Title

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Sculpture and Signage

Creator

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt

Commemorates

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt

Biographical Text

Bronze fourteen-foot statue depicting mounted rider. Placed upon granite pedestal. Created by Whitney in 1924.

Granite plaque featuring embossed text.

The monument is located outside of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY. It was officially unveiled outside of the center on the Fourth of July, 1924. Whitney was commissioned by the town of Cody to create the monument in honor of Buffalo Bill, who the town was named after. The statue was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Attached to the monument is a plaque, recognizing Whitney as the sculptor and presenter of the statue.

Text

[Text on Signage]
"THE SCOUT"
COLONEL WILLIAM F. CODY
"BUFFALO BILL"
SCULPTURED AND PRESENTED BY
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY
JULY 4, 1924

[Text on Monument]
'BUFFALO BILL'
MDCCCXLVI - MCMXVII

Date Created

1924-07-04

Type

English Display

English Signage

English Statue

Bibliographic Citation

"Buffalo Bill Center is a magnificent documentation," The Morning Call. Dec. 14, 1975.

"Famous Collections To Be Shown in Unit Of Buffalo Bill Center," The Billings Gazette. Apr. 19, 1959.

Treasures from Our West: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney with "Buffalo Bill - The Scout," Buffalo Bill Center of The West

Buffalo Bill Statue with Sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, DocsTeach

Buffalo Bill - The Scout, Wikipedia

Project Researcher

O'Neill, Iris