Title   Famous Deadwood Coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Call Number   NS-225
Summary   John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's foster son and a star of the show, sits inside the coach with three people, possibly including Cody himself. The group is probably in England on the first European tour of the show. The coach was built by the Abbot-Downing Co. in 1863 and shipped, on February 18, 1864, from Boston in the clipper ship General Grant' to Louis McLane of San Francisco. Mr. McLane was president of the Pioneer Stage Co.,' of California. This was one of thirty-two similar coaches shipped to him round the horn' in 1863-64. It travelled across the ocean with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, visiting all the principal cities in Europe; across the Mediterranean Sea twice, and then returned to Concord, N.H., where it was built. It was exhibited by the Wild West Show, July 4, 1895.
Date   [1887?]
Collection   Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Notes   Title typed on photoprint.
  Image also identified as "F10691."
  Vintage photographic print with photographer's stamp on back.
  "1887 1st 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.
Photo Materials   1 photoprint ; on mat 11 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
  1 copy photonegative ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Copyright   Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also   Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.
  Baker, Johnny.
  Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  Stagecoaches 1880-1890.
  Wild west shows 1880-1920.
  Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.
  Imaged.
  Film negatives.
  Photographic prints.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105225+NS-225

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