Call NumberNS-732Alternate TitleUnited States CavalryDatecirca 1901SummaryA group of U.S. cavalrymen in dark uniforms stands in a circle holding a large cloth they will use to catch a man that they have just tossed into the air. Several men stand slightly apart from the group watching. The audience sits in bleachers underneath a large tent in the background. Several buildings are in the distance.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 12 x 20 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsAcrobatsCavalryEntertainersBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105732Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 6Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesSalsbury Collection Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Rehearsal Pictures 1901 typed on first page of album; on final page of album "Cubans actual war veterans of Spanish-American War Color Guard under Gen. Maceo Members: Pedro Diaz, Colonel Valdez, Sergeant Hernandez, Colonel Aqueroy Aquero, Colonel Del Gado, Lieutenant Martinez, Colonel Amyritche, Bugle Caronelle, Lain de Soto, Lieutenant Mazzorra, Guide Carbo, Don Miguel, Sergeant Perez, Lieutenant Fortanella, Santa Marina."; Photographer's stamp reading "Photographed by John C. Hemment, 108 Fulton St., New York" stamped on back of photoprint with words "Album #6" penciled underneath it; words "Sioux playing ping-pong!" also penciled on back of print. Photoprint has "121" handwritten in upper right side and on back; "1901" and "Rough Riders U.S. cavalrymen" also handwritten on back of photoprint. Title from album page. Vintage photographic print. R7001057327
