Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

204 c   (FILM.) Norman Film Manufacturing Company. Bill Pickett, World’s Colored Champion, in “The Bull-Dogger.” One-sheet poster, 41 x 27 inches, 3 horizontal folds, some professional archival repair to reverse. Jacksonville, FL: Ritchey Lithography, 1921 [2,500/3,500] The legendary Texan rodeo star Bill Pickett (1870-1932) was a pioneer of steer wrestling or bulldogging. The Bull-Dogger was his first feature film; only fragments are known to survive. Pickett died in 1932 after being kicked in the head by a bronco.