Title   Group in front of German castle
Call Number   NS-148
Summary   William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of Native Americans and other performers in front of a castle in Germany while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the Native American men wear feather headdresses. "Ma" Whitaker stands in the back row behind Cody. Whitaker was a member of the show's cast and also served as a seamstress in the wardrobe department. Also included in the group are a few white men. A man wearing a turban stands at the far right end of the group next to a large dog. A sign reading "Gallerie" hangs near an entrance to the castle in the center background.
Date   [1890?]
Collection   Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Notes   Title from inventory prepared in Western History Department, Denver Public Library.
  Vintage photographic print.
  "A small group of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Buffalo Bill in center Mannheim, Germany 1890. From the collection of Nate Salsbury - Given by his family in 193" handwritten on back of print.
  Image also identified as "F9622."
Photo Materials   1 photoprint ; 16 x 22 cm. (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.) on mat 24 x 34 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 in.)
  1 copy photonegative ; 12 x 16 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Copyright   Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also   Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
  Ma Whitaker.
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  Indians of North America Clothing & dress.
  Wild west shows 1880-1920.
  Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.
  Imaged.
  Film negatives.
  Photographic prints.
  Group portraits.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105148+NS-148

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