Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- N. Salsbury, No Neck and squaw, J.M. Burke
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands with John Burke, press agent for the show, and a Native American man, possibly No Neck, and woman. The four stand in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Nate Salsbury
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands with John Burke, press agent for the show, and a Native American man, possibly No Neck, and woman. The four stand in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Sioux Indian
- A Sioux man poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in the dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. He wears a long, feather headdress and holds a long spear and round shield in...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Street in camp
- A woman sits in the center foreground resting her hand on a large chair next to a dirt road running through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Another woman walks in the right foreground holding a parasol. A man...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Umbrellas--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Wild West Show covered wagon
- Two members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon. A third man is stopped on a horse in the left midground near the back of the covered wagon. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind where...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Blackman-Seifried Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- An exterior view of the Blackman-Seifried House, Georgetown, Colorado. The building is Italianate in style, with a hipped roof and overhanging eaves. The porch and balustrade run the length of the front of the house; the door is set on the right. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Blackman, Stella--Homes & haunts.; Seifried, Henry--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house on Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The house is of wood construction with a full-length gable on the left; the rest of the house is set back on the right. The gable section has two paned double-hung windows with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of three houses along Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The middle house is brick, with a full-length gable on the left, two double-hung windows and a round window above, and a porch across the section to the right. There is a flower garden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a frame house in Georgetown, Colorado. The building has a central section that is gable roofed, one- story flat-roofed sections on either side, a porch with lattice decoration, and a chimney on the roof. People stand next to a picket fence...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house in Georgetown, Colorado. The major part of the house is a gable roofed structure with the gable facing the street and the entrance in it. On the second floor of the facade is one narrow double-hung window; on the first...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Panoramic view of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody posing in the center of a large group of Native American members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Sioux leader Iron Tail stands at Cody's right. Many of the men in the group wear...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1908?]
- Blackman-Seifried House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Blackman-Seifried House, Georgetown, Colorado. The building is Italianate in style, with a hipped roof and overhanging eaves. The house was built for Stella Blackman during 1881-82, and then was owned by Henry Seifried. The...
- Blackman, Stella--Homes & haunts.; Seifried, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1965?]
- Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado. the wood construction building has a hipped roof with a brick chimney and overhanging eaves, a balcony, and a small room added on the back. A large sign hanging from a post at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.; Grand Central Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Keck Brothers' store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view first floor of Keck Brothers' store in Georgetown, Colorado, with a sign above the door, "Keck Bro's. Agents for the Carlson Ice Cream Mfg. Co. Denver." The central double door is open; there are large mullioned windows on either...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Cossack acrobat on horseback
- A Russian GEorgian Cossack acrobat performs tricks on a horse in the center foreground while other riders ride near him in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man stands on top of his horse. He is wearing a long, dark coat and a wool...
- Cossacks--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Horse shows--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901]
- Cossack (Georgian) acrobats on horseback
- Russian Georgian Cossack acrobats perform tricks on horseback while riding in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The rider in the left midground does a handstand and holds his legs up in the air. The man in the center midground dangles by...
- Cossacks--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Horse shows--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901]
- Mitchell Pass at Scott's Bluff, Neb.
- A wagon train travels over Mitchell Pass on the Oregon Trail in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (later Scotts Bluff National Monument.) A man on horseback, and a wagon master with a bull whip, are near a Conestoga wagon pulled by twelve oxen. Eagle...
- Eagle Rock (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mitchell Pass (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff County (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff...
- 1936
- Portrait, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a figure seated in the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Winter 1933
- Exterior view of a wood construction Victorian house with an automobile in front in Georgetown, Colorado. The house, seen only in part, has a gable front on the left and a porch on the right; a man in a cap and a small child stand on the porch. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two small wood construction houses in Georgetown, Colorado, the home of the Hermit of Georgetown. Both buildings have gable roofs: the one on the left has the entrance in the long side, and the one on the right has the entrance in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1900 and 1978?]
- Snetzer's Tailor Shop, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the tailor shop of Jacob Snetzer, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth (5th) Street, looking east. The wood construction building has a false front with an elaborate cornice, three windows with decorative rounded pediments on the second...
- Snetzer, Jacob--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Annie Oakley and others [graphic]
- Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses sits on the ground holding the front hoof of a horse in front of a set for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another young woman, possibly Della Ferrell, sits near her, also in front of a horse. A young man sits on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Buffalo and calf
- A man stands near a wood trough for a large buffalo and a buffalo calf in the center foreground in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The trough rests on its side. Additional buffalos are in the pen in the background.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Buffalo herd in pen
- A herd of buffalo and a longhorn steer stand in a fenced area in front of a small wood building in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The buffaloes are shedding their thick fur. A man stands in the background near the wood building.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1900.; Cattle--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- John Y. Nelson and Deadwood stagecoach
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, poses on the back of the coach holding a rifle while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, possibly in Paris. A driver holds the reins of the teams of mules. A Native American...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Buffalo Bill with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback with members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, probably while touring in Paris. A dog sled and several dogs are in the foreground. The driver of the sled, wearing a large fur hat,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Cubans on horseback
- A group of men, possibly from Cuba, sits on horses in the midground. The men wear sombreros and short, embroidered bolero jackets. They are members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man on the far left holds a flag in his hand. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- English lancers on horseback
- A group of English lancers poses on horseback in the midground in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear shiny helmets and hold flag poles in their right hands. One man sits on his horse slightly in front of the group. A long...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Lancers--English--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center background behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent canopy in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous men and women are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group in Deadwood Stage
- John Y. Nelson lies on the top of the Deadwood Stagecoach while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. John Higby (possibly spelled Highby) drives the coach with Judge William T. Beck of the Colorado...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group in front of German castle
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of Native Americans and other performers in front of a castle in Heidelberg, Germany, while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the Native American men wear feather...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Germany--Heidelberg--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--Germany--Heidelberg--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Group in tent
- A group of people is gathered in the shade under a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, lies on his side in the center midground. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group on barge in Germany
- A large group of people, including numerous Native Americans, poses on a large barge in Germany while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands to the left of the large smokestack protruding from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- John Nelson with group
- John Y. Nelson poses with a group of men, women and children while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Italy. Standing in the left midground with his hands resting on a Native American man's shoulders, Nelson has a full gray beard and a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat adorned with tassles and beads. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Russian Cossacks
- Two Russian Georgian Cossacks ride horses close together in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. A third man rides in the left background. Georgians known to be in this photograph are: Ivane...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks--1880-1900.;Georgians (South Caucasians)--1880-1920.
- [1892]
- Cowboy dismounted by bucker
- A cowboy lies on the ground in a dirt arena after being bucked from a horse during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man holds a taut rope attached to the horse's bridle. Another cowboy lies on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Cowboys
- A group of cowboys rides in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man in the right center foreground wears dark, sheepskin chaps. Most of the men wear cowboy hats and have long, coiled...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Deadwood Coach
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, rides on top of the famous Deadwood Stagecoach during a performance of the show at Earl's Court in England. A man drives the stagecoach. The coach is pulled by teams of mules.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Men wearing aprons
- A large group of men stands in front of a wood building in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. Several of the men wear long aprons, indicating they may be the kitchen staff for the show. Three men sit on wood chairs in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cooks--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Death at the stake
- A group of Native Americans gathers at the base of a stake where they are reenacting a man's death at the stake during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the men wears a long, feather headdress. Several others wear loincloths...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Death.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1892?]
- Emigrant train
- Two men sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon leading a train of wagons during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. A man, woman and child sit on the buckboard of another wagon in the left midground. Two men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons.; Wagon trains.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Gauchos (S.A.)
- Four men, including three South American gauchos, stand in front of a large shed at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The man second from the right wears a suit with a striped tie. A hose is coiled on the ground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Horse thief
- A man playing the role of a horse thief lies on the ground next to his horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop in the right center...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Horse stealing.
- [1892?]
- Indian group
- Three Native American men pose on horseback in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Each of the men wears a feather headdress. The men on the right and in the center each hold a round shield...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Indian group
- A group of Native American men poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. One man, probably Black Heart, wears a long feather...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Indian wagons
- A Native American man walks in the right midground on a dirt path leading into an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Another Native American rides a horse pulling a wagon made from two long logs and a basket. One...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Travois.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1892?]
- Indians charging
- A large group of Native Americans rides horses through a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. One man wears a feather headdress while several others wear just a few feathers on the backs of...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- John Nelson
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it. He is mounted on a dark horse. He wears a wide- brimmed hat. A Native American man...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]