Title   Compliments of W.F. Cody To Mrs. Nate Salsbury Paris 1889
Call Number   NS-15
Summary   William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses for a portrait signed and presented to Rachel Salsbury, wife of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat with one side slightly tipped up, probably a Stetson, and has long, dark hair and a goatee and moustache. He wears a shirt embroidered with small flowers and buttoned to its collar. The portrait was probably taken in Paris during the show's second European tour.
Date   [1889?]
Collection   Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Notes   Title handwritten on photoprint.
  "Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Paris 1889. 2nd European tour - From the collection of Nate Salsbury owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Given by the family of Nate Salsbury in 1938." handwritten on back of print.
  Image also identified as "F32658."
Photo Materials   1 photoprint ; on mat 43 x 29 cm. (17 x 11 1/2 in.)
  1 copy photonegative ; 12 x 8 cm. (4 1/2 x 3 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.
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  Wild west shows 1880-1920.
  Entertainers 1890-1900.
  Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.
  Imaged.
  Film negatives.
  Photographic prints.
  Portrait photographs.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105015+NS-15

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