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William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (left, 1846 - 1917) with friend & sometime stand-in Dr. William DeVeny (right, 1852- 1918). Pic from 1914.

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Pic from early 1917, shortly before Cody’s death.

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Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 - 1913) who changed his name to S. F. Cody & claimed to be William F. Cody’s son. Cowdery relocated to Europe where he tried to establish his own Wild West Show but ended up in theater. He died at the young age of 46 in a crash while working on the manned flight of a war kite to replace reconnaissance hot-air ballons for the British before WWI. It is said the kite broke apart with Cowdery & an observer aloft at 200 ft.

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My grandfather in the 1940s, picture taken having arrived in the big city about to head to Greece to take part in a transatlantic cattle drive. Loaded up livestock ships with cattle to take to Europe to help the war effort.
Not sure what specific model hat he’s wearing here, but he was always a Stetson man through and through so I believe it is a Stetson of some kind. Would be an early to mid 40s style.
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