Title   Men setting up Wild West Show tent
Call Number   NS-821
Summary   A group of men works to raise a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The tent is supported by large log poles and ropes. The ropes are tied to large stakes pounded into the ground. A portion of the tent is raised in the right midground, while the portion in the left foreground is just going up. A group of wagons is stopped in the background, where additional men work.
Date   [1901?]
Collection   Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ; album no. 8
Notes   Vintage photographic print.
  Title supplied by cataloger.
  "Salsbury Collection Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Rehearsal Pictures 1901" typed on first page of album.
  Photographer's stamp "Photographed by John C. Hemment, 108 Fulton St., New York" on back of photoprint.
  Photoprint has "194" handwritten in lower left side and on back; "1901" handwritten on back of print.
  Image also identified as "F20624."
Photo Materials   1 photoprint ; 14 x 25 cm. (5 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Condition   Photoprint has orange discoloration.
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.
  Show tents 1900-1910.
  Laborers 1900-1910.
  Wild west shows 1880-1920.
  Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.
  Imaged.
  Photographic prints.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00105821+NS-821

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