A group of Russian Georgian Cossacks, who include Luka Chkhartishvili, in a white hat, sits in a grassy field under a tree in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men hold the reins of their horses, and numerous other horses graze in the field. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World."
Description
1 photoprint ; 9 x 12 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) on album sheet 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Salsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 5.
Subject
Cossacks--1900-1910; Wild west shows--1880-1920; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917; Chkhartishvili, Luka; 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: ZZR700105650
Notes
"1901" handwritten on inside cover of album; date "1902" handwritten and then scribbled out on inside cover of album.; "Ward's Album for Unmounted Photographs $2.50 This Album is made from Ward's P̀URO' Paper, and is guaranteed not to discolor the photographs. Ordinary Paper will in time injure the Pictures. Directions. Mount photographs by pasting the four corners or the left hand edge of the picture. Use any first-class photo. mounter. Paste should not be applied to the entire back of picture. This book is No. 922" typed on label on back cover of album.; Album sheet has number "10" handwritten in upper corner.; Title handwritten on album sheet below photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001056509.; Additional information supplied by Richard Georgian.
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