Call NumberNS-222Datecirca 1897SummaryA group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the Zouaoua tribe in French service in Algeria in the 1830s. The men hold long rifles up in the air. They are posed in two rows, with the back row of men standing and the front kneeling.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 12 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 20 x 25 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.) on mat 28 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsZouaves--Clothing and dressBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105222Type of MaterialFilm negativesGroup portraitsPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesAurora, Illinois, Zouaves of B.B. Wild West 1897 and "Nate played Aurora and later trained these Zouaves supposedly" handwritten on back of print. Image also identified as "F22506."; Title from inventory prepared in Western History Department, Denver Public Library. Vintage photographic print. R7001052220
