Call NumberNS-66Datecirca 1894SummaryNate Salsbury poses in a chair near the entrance to his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several pictures of "Buffalo Bill" are in the background inside the tent. Salsbury wears a long coat and holds a cigar in his left hand. His right leg is crossed over his left. Salsbury was an actor and managed the Salsbury Troubadours before taking over as manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1883. Born in Freeport, Illinois in 1846, Salsbury first met William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody in New York in 1882. The pair joined forces the following year and Salsbury led Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to enormous success in the United States and Europe. He died in 1902.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 17 x 12 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.) on mat 19 x 14 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsActorsShow tentsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105066Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesNate Salsbury owner and manager of Buffalo Bills Wild West, in his tent at Ambrose Park, Bklyn - 1894 and "From the collection of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Given by his family in 1938" handwritten on back of print. Photographers' stamp on lower side of mat reads: "Stacy Ivory Finish 5th Ave. & 9th St. Brooklyn N.Y. Next to McCormicks."; Title supplied by cataloger. R7001050668
Nate Salsbury in his tent (circa 1894). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/11/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124121
