Broncho Billy Anderson

Publicity shot of America’s first cowboy movie star, “Broncho Billy” Anderson, stage name for Gilbert Maxwell Aronson of Pine Bluff (Jefferson County); circa 1910.

White man wearing a cowboy outfit

Courtesy of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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