Call NumberNS-463Datecirca 1892SummaryJohn Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, poses in front of a teepee with Black Heart, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Nelson holds a rifle pointed toward Black Heart, who in turn holds a war club in his raised right hand. Nelson has a full, gray beard and wears a wide-brimmed hat and buckskin coat with tassles. Black Heart wears a feather headdress and a breastplate, possibly made of bone. Images are painted on the teepees behind the two men in a camp for the wild west show near Earl's Court in England.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 8 x 10 cm (3 x 3 3/4 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Clothing and dressWild west showsBlack HeartBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Nelson, John Young, 1826-1903Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105463Type 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 ShowNotes475f handwritten 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-464," "NS-465" and "NS- 466."; Subseries title taken from album cover. Title handwritten on photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001054638
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