Call NumberNS-589Datecirca 1894SummaryA man, probably an announcer, sits on a wood platform in an arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous horseback riders representing different nationalities perform a cavalry maze in the arena behind the platform, probably during the "Grand Entry" of the show in which every performer in the show appeared on horseback. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop at the far end of the arena.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white |15 x 21 cm (6 x 8 in.) on album sheet 25 x 30 cm (9 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsHorse showsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105589Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 4Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesSouvenir of Ambrose Park 1894 Stacy 5th Ave. and 7th Brooklyn, N.Y. handwritten on first page of album. Measurements to crop photoprint penciled in right margin of album sheet|number "F23755" handwritten below photoprint|album sheet has number "2" penciled below photoprint. Title handwritten on album sheet below photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001055896
