Call NumberNS-721Datecirca 1901SummaryMembers of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pose in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for the show. The group includes Native American men wearing feather headdresses and carrying long spears adorned with feathers. Also in the group are a few Russian Cossacks and United States cavalrymen in uniform. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." They pretend to fight over a large, wood trunk in the center midground with various people pulling on it from different sides.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white |12 x 20 cm (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCossacksIndians of North America--Clothing and dressWild west showsCavalryRehearsalsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105721Type 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. Photoprint has numbers "126A" and "246" handwritten on back. Title supplied by cataloger. Vintage photographic print. R7001057212
Wild West Show rehearsal (circa 1901). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124831
