Call NumberNS-390Alternate TitleColonel Cody and CossacksDate1892SummaryWilliam Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in front of a group of Russian Georgian Cossacks and Native Americans, also on horseback. Georgian riders known to be in This photograph in 1892 are: Ivane Makharadze, Luka Chkhartishvili, Dimitri Mgaloblishvili, Vaso Chkonia, Data Chkonia, Irakli Chkonia, Levan Jorbenadze, Mose Gigineishvili, Besarion Tsintsadze, and Meliton Tsintsadze. The group is in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Cody wears thigh- high boots and a buckskin jacket with tassles. The front side of his hat is turned up.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 7 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCossacksIndians of North AmericaWild west showsHorsesBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105390Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 2 (A.R. Dresser photographs)Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotes449 penciled on album sheet below photoprint. "At the Wild West Earl's Court with a crouch hand camera during July, August and September 1892. BÌ€uffalo Bill's Show.' Presented to Nat Salisbury Esq for use of the staff with A.R. Dressers Compliments Springfield Bexley Heath. Kent, England Oct. 1892" handwritten on first page of album. Edges of album sheet are deteriorating. Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-387, "NS-388" and "NS-389."; Subseries title taken from album cover. Title handwritten on photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001053909. Additional information supplied by Richard Georgian.
