African American (Black) and white members of the Buffalo Bill show crew laugh and eat watermelon; one man holds a cigar. A tent for the combined Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bills Great Far East Show is in the distance.
Description
1 photographic print ; 8 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 in.).
Subject
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff; Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show--People; African Americans--1910-1920; Laborers--1910-1920; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image file: ZZR711002411
Notes
Title inked on photoprint; inked on verso: "Negroes with Buffalo Bill's Wild West in there demonstration how eating watermelons. Season 1912." [sic].; R711024112
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