A Sioux woman stands in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The lower front side of the teepee is rolled up exposing the wood logs that form its frame. A spear with feathers adorning it is stuck in the ground in the right foreground.
Description
1 photoprint ; 17 x 12 cm. (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.) on album sheet 25 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 3.
Subject
Dakota Indians--Women; Wild west shows--1880-1920; Tipis; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917; 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: ZZR700105562
Notes
"1899" handwritten on first page of album.; "Copyright 1899 by the Courier Litho Co. Buffalo NY" handwritten in lower left corner of image; number "47" scratched in lower right corner of photoprint.; Album sheet has number "23" handwritten below photoprint.; Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-563."; Title handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001055626
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