Call NumberNS-120Datecirca 1894SummaryJohn Y. Nelson lies on the top of the Deadwood Stagecoach while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. John Higby (possibly spelled Highby) drives the coach with Judge William T. Beck of the Colorado Supreme Court seated next to him. Ella Hoyle Beck sits inside the coach with two other women and a man. The Becks helped raise Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, in Denver after he was orphaned at age 8. Teams of mules pull the coach, used in the show during an act in which William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rescues the coach from an attack.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 11 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.) on mat 26 x 31 cm (10 x 12 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsStagecoachesBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Nelson, John Young, 1826-1903Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105120Type of MaterialPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesBuffalo Bill's Wild West at Ambrose Park, 1894 Deadwood Coach - John Nelson, squawman on rear of roof - Ella Hoyle Beck, wife of Judge Beck of the Supreme Court of Colorado, on back seat right. Given by the family of Nate Salsbury from his collection, in 1938 Judge and Mrs Beck were Nate Salsbury's self-appointed g̀€uardians' when he was a youth of about 20 - John Higby and Judge Beck on box handwritten on back of print. Title supplied by cataloger. Vintage photographic print. R7001051208
Group in Deadwood Stage (circa 1894). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 13/07/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124506
