Call NumberNS-398Datecirca 1892SummaryA man playing the role of a horse thief in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show hangs with a noose around his neck from a log pole in a dirt arena for the show at Earl's Court in England. The man's hands are tied behind his back. His hat lies on the dirt ground in the right foreground. Several cowboys on horseback ride away from the hanging man. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop in the left background. The grandstand is in the right background.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 AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsHangingsHorse stealingBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105398Type 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 ShowNotesAt 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. "F492" handwritten on album sheet below photoprint. Edges of album sheet are deteriorating. Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-395, "NS-396" and "NS-397."|Subseries title taken from album cover. Title handwritten on photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001053983
Hanging of the horse thief (circa 1892). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/06/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124311
