COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
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Manchester~15~15
Photography Collection
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Image Number:
JRL240501784
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JRL240501784
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Reference Number:
VPH.311
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VPH.311
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Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Binding of book
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Binding of book
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Earl's Court
title_larger_entity
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Earl's Court
Parent Work Title
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Creator:
Dresser, Arthur R.
creator
Dresser, Arthur R.
Creator
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Creator Role:
Photographer
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Photographer
Creator Role
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Page/Sheet:
Spine
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Spine
Page/Sheet
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Description:
Hardbound album of 159 albumen prints and the photographer’s notes recording the visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Earl's Court in 1892, by Arthur R. Dresser. The photographs are mounted on both sides of thick card with paper pages of handwritten notes between each card. Among the performers and members photographed, and described in the notes, are people of the Lakota Nation (described in the notes only as Sioux), Chief of the Cossacks Prince Iran Makharadze, William F. Cody, John M. Burke, Annie Oakley, John Young Nelson, Black Heart, Della & Bessie Ferrell and the Deadwood Stage coach. The notes also detail the developing and printing processes and chemicals used and that most were taken with a Crouch "Dresser" hand camera at F.8, and printed on Bromide paper, mostly from Eastman Film Negatives. The front cover is gold embossed "Photographs - A.R. Dresser", the spine "Volume II".
description
Hardbound album of 159 albumen prints and the photographer’s notes recording the visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Earl's Court in 1892, by Arthur R. Dresser. The photographs are mounted on both sides of thick card with paper pages of handwritten notes between each card. Among the performers and members photographed, and described in the notes, are people of the Lakota Nation (described in the notes only as Sioux), Chief of the Cossacks Prince Iran Makharadze, William F. Cody, John M. Burke, Annie Oakley, John Young Nelson, Black Heart, Della & Bessie Ferrell and the Deadwood Stage coach. The notes also detail the developing and printing processes and chemicals used and that most were taken with a Crouch "Dresser" hand camera at F.8, and printed on Bromide paper, mostly from Eastman Film Negatives. The front cover is gold embossed "Photographs - A.R. Dresser", the spine "Volume II".
Description
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Language:
English
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English
Language
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Language Code:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
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Subject:
Bookbinding
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
Visual
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Visual
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Sub-Category:
Bindings
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Bindings
Sub-Category
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Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Earl's Court
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England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Earl's Court
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
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Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
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false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a>
Access Rights
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2024-05-14
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2024-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography
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Photography
Collection Code
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