Call NumberNS-354Date1885-1900SummaryJohnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a tent with a large group of soldiers and several Native Americans. Another cowboy, possibly William Levi "Buck" Taylor, points a gun toward Baker, who stands in the left midground leaning against a post. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands at the entrance to the tent in the background. A Native American man wearing a feather headdress stands next to Cody. Two large, American flags hang on each side of a stuffed buffalo head mounted above the entrance to the tent. Sioux Chief Red Shirt stands in the left background. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands on the right side of the group wearing a feather headdress.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white |11 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 in.) on album sheet 30 x 25 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsCowboysFlags--AmericanSoldiersBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Red ShirtRocky BearBaker, Johnny, d. 1931Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowIndians of North America.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105354Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 1Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesMrs. Salsbury with Henry G. Wynne's Compliments - Paris 1889 handwritten on first page of album. Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-353."|Title supplied by cataloger. Vintage photographic print. R7001053543
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