Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- white
- red
Fingerprint: BUFFALO BILL in curved yellow-red ribbon lettering arcing over large circular medallion, blond man in floppy white cowboy hat holding rifle upright with white horse head rearing in front, woman at right in profile wearing tall blue-white feathered war bonnet and yellow beaded fringed dress, descending left-column of score values on blue rounded plaques each paired with black bison silhouette, MILLION in white block capitals
The most memorable element is the huge circular portrait medallion of a blond cowboy in a white hat holding a rifle, with a white horse's head rising in front of him. Immediately right of it stands a woman in a towering blue-and-white feathered war bonnet and yellow beaded fringe dress. A descending left-hand column of blue score plaques from 900 000 down to 100 000, each paired with a black bison silhouette, is an unusually strong graphic device. Across the top a blue band holds six coloured number circles 5 4 3 2 1 running into the word MILLION.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with white and cream cumulus clouds
- Open prairie landscape
- Green and tan ground strip along the bottom
Symbols
- Buffalo / bison silhouettes
- White bison skull with horns
- Coloured number circles 5 4 3 2 1
- Horse
- Rifle
- Curved ribbon banner
- Arrow
- Red circular script badge
- Feathered war bonnet
Lettering
- Bold condensed white sans-serif block capitals for million on a black bar; large curved yellow serif capitals with red outline and black shadow for buffalo bill arcing over a maroon ribbon; white numerals with dark-blue outline on the score plaques; small black cursive script inside a red oval badge at right
Themes
- Wild west show
- Circus or carnival poster
- Cowboy
- Native american headdress
- Buffalo
- Prairie
Title on it
- Buffalo bill
Text on it
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- MILLION
- BUFFALO BILL
- DURANGO, CO.
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 400 000
- 300 000
- 200 000
- 100 000
- With The Original Wild West Show
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Blond adult male cowboy, white floppy wide-brim hat, pale green shirt, stern unsmiling face looking at the viewer, holding a long rifle upright at his right side, framed inside the circular medallion |
| Animal | White horse head and neck in left-facing profile, pale grey shading and bridle lines, positioned below and in front of the cowboy inside the medallion |
| Woman | Adult woman in left-facing profile at the right side, dark hair under a tall blue-and-white feathered war bonnet, yellow beaded fringed dress, one arm bent with hand at her hip |
| Animal | Nine black bison silhouettes in profile, one beside each of the descending score plaques down the left edge |
| Other | Small silhouetted figure of a rider on horseback near the bottom left, beside a pale bison skull and bones |
A tall, portrait-format painted backglass dominated by a large circular medallion in the upper centre. Inside the circle, a blond man in a floppy white cowboy hat and pale green shirt faces the viewer with a stern expression, holding a rifle upright; below him a white horse's head and neck emerge in profile facing left. Curved yellow-and-red ribbon lettering arcs over the medallion reading BUFFALO BILL, with a small painted label beneath reading DURANGO, CO. and a dark arrow shape. Down the left edge runs a descending column of score values (900 000 down to 100 000) in white numerals on dark-blue rounded plaques, each paired with a black silhouette of a bison. At right stands a woman in profile facing left, wearing a tall blue-and-white feathered war bonnet and a yellow beaded fringed dress, one arm bent at her hip. A dark-blue band across the top carries six coloured circles numbered 5 4 3 2 1 followed by the word MILLION in large white block capitals on a black rectangle. Sky blue and cream clouds fill the background, with a red circular badge of small script at right.