Title   Buffalo Bill with group
Call Number   NS-311
Summary   William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach while John Y. Nelson, scout and driver of the stagecoach, sits on the top with two of his Sioux children. Jule Keen, treasurer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on the back of the coach. Buck Taylor, one of the star cowboys, and Bronco Bill, another star, stand in front of the coach. A Native American woman and child are next to Bronco Bill. The woman has a checkered blanket wrapped around her shoulders. John Burke, press agent, stands on the front of the coach. Young Johnny Baker, a big attraction in the show and foster son to Cody, stands between Cody and Fred Matthews, another driver of the coach. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind the group.
Date   [1889?]
Collection   Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ; album no. 1
Notes   Vintage photographic print.
  Title supplied by cataloger.
  Image also identified as "F20671."
  "John Y. Nelson, Fred Matthews, Johny Baker, John M. Burke, Cody, Bronco Bill and Buck Taylor" penciled on album sheet on sides of photoprint.
  "Mrs. Salsbury with Henry G. Wynne's Compliments - Paris 1889" handwritten on first page of album.
Photo Materials   1 photoprint ; 17 x 23 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 in.) on album sheet 25 x 30 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
  1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 12 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 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   Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
  Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.
  Nelson, John Young, b. 1826 Family.
  Keen, Jule.
  Taylor, William Levi.
  Bronco Bill.
  Baker, Johnny.
  Matthews, Fred.
  Burke, John, d. 1917.
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  Stagecoaches 1880-1890.
  Indians of North America Women 1880-1890.
  Indians of North America Children 1880-1890.
  Wild west shows 1880-1920.
  Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.
  Imaged.
  Film negatives.
  Photographic prints.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105311+NS-311

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