John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, poses in front of a teepee with Black Heart, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Nelson holds a rifle pointed toward Black Heart, who in turn holds a war club in his raised right hand. Nelson has a full, gray beard and wears a wide-brimmed hat and buckskin coat with tassles. Black Heart wears a feather headdress and a breastplate, possibly made of bone. Images are painted on the teepees behind the two men in a camp for the wild west show near Earl's Court in England.
Description
1 photoprint ; 8 x 10 cm. (3 x 3 3/4 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm. (7 x 9 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 2 (A.R. Dresser photographs)
Subject
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900; Wild west shows--1880-1920; Black Heart; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700105463
Notes
"475f" handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; "At the Wild West Earl's Court with a crouch hand camera during July, August and September 1892. B̀uffalo Bill's Show.' Presented to Nat Salisbury Esq for use of the staff with A.R. Dressers Compliments Springfield Bexley Heath. Kent, England Oct. 1892" handwritten on first page of album.; Edges of album sheet are deteriorating.; Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-464" "NS-465" and "NS- 466."; Subseries title taken from album cover.; Title handwritten on photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001054638
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