Lot of 12 cabinet cards and mounted photographs of Buffalo Bill Cody, his Wild West Show performers, and staff, including: cabinet card of Ned Buntline, Texas Jack, and Buffalo Bill, with Washburn, New Orleans imprint on mount, ca 1870s; cabinet card of Sitting Bull and Cody posed together, credited to Wm. Notman & Sons, Montreal, ca 1885; cabinet card of Sitting Bull also credited to Wm. Notman & Sons, ca 1885; cabinet card of Cody on his horse, with imprint of Grabill's Chicago Portrait & View Company; four cabinet cards featuring studio portraits of Cody; two cabinet cards of Nathan Salsbury, ca 1891 and 1894; a mounted photograph of Salsbury, ca 1894, 9.5 x 7 in.; and a small 3.5 x 3.5 in. mounted photograph of Salsbury, his wife, and child posed with Buffalo Bill outside a tent. Most of the images have inscriptions on the reverse indicating that they are from the personal collection of Nathan "Nate" Salsbury, manager and producer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West from 1884 until his death in 1902. The annotations report that the images were acquired from Salsbury's family from 1936 to 1938. On the reverse of the smallest image, his daughter, Rebecca Salsbury James gifts the photograph to Jim Avery on Thanksgiving 1937. Orphaned before reaching age fifteen, Nathan "Nate" Salsbury (1846-1902) left his stepfather's home by enlisting in the Army during the Civil War. He served in the 89th and 59th Illinois regiments and was wounded three times. After returning home, he began performing and writing plays and organized a successful acting company, Salsbury Troubadors, in 1875. In 1884, he joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a manager, producer, and co-owner. He was a greatly valued member of the staff until his death in 1902. Consignor relates that this collection was purchased from Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Austin, TX. Condition: Some toning of the images, some with scattered foxing and light soiling. Almost all have inscriptions on the reverse from previous owners, most in ink and others in pencil.
Lot of 12 cabinet cards and mounted photographs of Buffalo Bill Cody, his Wild West Show performers, and staff, including: cabinet card of Ned Buntline, Texas Jack, and Buffalo Bill, with Washburn, New Orleans imprint on mount, ca 1870s; cabinet card of Sitting Bull and Cody posed together, credited to Wm. Notman & Sons, Montreal, ca 1885; cabinet card of Sitting Bull also credited to Wm. Notman & Sons, ca 1885; cabinet card of Cody on his horse, with imprint of Grabill's Chicago Portrait & View Company; four cabinet cards featuring studio portraits of Cody; two cabinet cards of Nathan Salsbury, ca 1891 and 1894; a mounted photograph of Salsbury, ca 1894, 9.5 x 7 in.; and a small 3.5 x 3.5 in. mounted photograph of Salsbury, his wife, and child posed with Buffalo Bill outside a tent. Most of the images have inscriptions on the reverse indicating that they are from the personal collection of Nathan "Nate" Salsbury, manager and producer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West from 1884 until his death in 1902. The annotations report that the images were acquired from Salsbury's family from 1936 to 1938. On the reverse of the smallest image, his daughter, Rebecca Salsbury James gifts the photograph to Jim Avery on Thanksgiving 1937. Orphaned before reaching age fifteen, Nathan "Nate" Salsbury (1846-1902) left his stepfather's home by enlisting in the Army during the Civil War. He served in the 89th and 59th Illinois regiments and was wounded three times. After returning home, he began performing and writing plays and organized a successful acting company, Salsbury Troubadors, in 1875. In 1884, he joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a manager, producer, and co-owner. He was a greatly valued member of the staff until his death in 1902. Consignor relates that this collection was purchased from Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Austin, TX. Condition: Some toning of the images, some with scattered foxing and light soiling. Almost all have inscriptions on the reverse from previous owners, most in ink and others in pencil.
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