Call NumberNS-136CreatorSalviati, PaoloDatecirca 1890SummaryWilliam Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in a gondola with a group of four Native American men while touring in Venice, Italy. Sioux (Dakota) Chief Rocky Bear sits to the right of Cody wearing a feather headdress. Sioux (Dakota) Chief Black Heart, also wearing a feather headdress, sits on the ledge of the gondola. The other two Sioux men wear feathers on the back of their heads. All four Sioux men wear hairpipe bead breastplates. Cody wears a Stetson hat and striped pants. He has long gray hair and a goatee and mustache. Two gondoliers, one in front and one in back, push the gondola with long poles. Another man stands in the back of the boat pointing toward something in the distance. Numerous city buildings line the shore of the river in the background in Venice.Physical Description1 copy negative |12 x 17 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)|1 copy negative |7 x 10 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)|1 photographic print |27 x 35 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) on mat 33 x 45 cm (13 x 17 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansIndians of North AmericaWild west showsVenice (Italy)GondolasGondoliersBlack HeartBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Rocky BearBuffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105136Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesImage also identified as "F9621."|Sides of mat are deteriorating and photographic print is torn near top left corner|print has been retouched. Title typed on photographic print. Vintage photographic print. R7001051363
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