Call NumberNS-595Datecirca 1894SummaryFrank N. Hammitt, chief of the cowboys in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena of the Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears dark, sheepskin chaps and a cowboy hat and holds a rifle in his right arm. A coiled rope hangs from his saddle. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop at the far end of the arena.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 16 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 showsCowboysBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Hammitt, Frank NBuffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105595Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic 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; number "F35214" handwritten below photoprint; album sheet has number "8" penciled below photoprint. Title handwritten on album sheet below photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001055951
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