Saving Buffalo Bill: Discovery of the Jamestown Buffalo Bill Billboard

By Laura Schell - January 15, 2009

Art preservationist Laura Schell recounts the painstaking restoration of a long-forgotten billboard, covered for a century and now brought back to life.

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