A group of Native Americans reenacts an attack on the Deadwood Stagecoach in a dirt arena during a peformance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A man, possibly scout John Y. Nelson, sits on top of the back of the coach. A man playing the role of a passenger sits inside the coach. A thick hose is in the dirt arena in the left midground. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop at the far end of the arena.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 12 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) on album sheet 25 x 30 cm. (9 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 4.
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; 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: ZZR700105631
Notes
"F32948" handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; "Souvenir of Ambrose Park 1894 Stacy 5th Ave. and 7th Brooklyn, N.Y." handwritten on first page of album; album sheet has number "44" penciled below photoprint; image mounted on album sheet with "NS-630" "NS- 632" and "NS-633."; Title handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001056313
Filename
00105631.tif
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