| Title | Cavalry maze, the opening number |
| Call Number | NS-268 |
| Summary | Frank Richmond, an announcer with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a raised platform in the left center foreground while members of the cast perform a cavalry maze behind him. Numerous cavalrymen ride in a circle in the midground, while others form additional circles around them. The riders are performing in a dirt arena at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The maze is the opening number of the act. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop in the distance. |
| Date | [2894?] |
| Collection | Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| Notes | Vintage photographic print. |
| Title supplied by cataloger. | |
| "Opening number of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Frank Richmond announcer on stand The cavalry maze - Ambrose Park 1894" handwritten on back of print. | |
| Image also identified as "F23755." | |
| Photo Materials | 1 photoprint ; 15 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.) on mat 18 x 23 cm. (7 x 9 in.) |
| 1 copy photoprint ; 10 x 11 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.) | |
| Condition | Negative has strips of red tape on lower and upper edges. |
| Copyright | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. |
| See Also | Richmond, Frank. |
| Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. | |
| Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. | |
| Horse shows 1890-1900. | |
| Wild west shows 1880-1920. | |
| Cavalry 1890-1900. | |
| Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902. | |
| Imaged. | |
| Film negatives. | |
| Photographic prints. | |
| URL | http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105268+NS-268 |