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1.
Colt revolver

Creator:
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
Published / Created:
ca. 1895
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3019
Collection Title:
[Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
Container / Volume:
Box 5
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Abstract:
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of mocca...
Description:
One revolver made by Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and owned by Nathan Salsbury. The gun is 29 cm in length and was stamped in several places: "Colt's PT. F. A. Mfg. Co. Hartford CT. U.S.A. / Patented Aug.5.1884 Nov.6.88. Mar.5.95." al...
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show., Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902., and Sitting Bull,--1831-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical managers--United States. and Wild west shows.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Colt revolver

2.
Deerskin quiver

Published / Created:
ca. 1885
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3019
Collection Title:
[Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
Container / Volume:
Box 4
Image Count:
19
Resource Type:
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Abstract:
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of mocca...
Description:
Two-pouch deerskin quiver reputedly part of Sitting Bull's stage costume during the four months in 1885 that he appeared in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." The quiver is decorated with designs worked in colored beads and quillwork; all carry decorati...
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show., Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902., and Sitting Bull,--1831-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical managers--United States. and Wild west shows.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Deerskin quiver

3.
Double-barrel shotgun

Creator:
James Dalziel Dougall and Sons
Published / Created:
ca. 1874
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3019
Collection Title:
[Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
18
Resource Type:
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Abstract:
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of mocca...
Description:
One double-barrel shotgun made by James Dalziel Dougall and Sons, and owned by John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro, as a gift from the Irish game hunter Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven. The gun is 121 cm in length and was engraved by...
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show., Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin,--Earl of,--1841-1926., Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin,--Earl of,--1841-1926--Presentation inscription to John Burwell Omohundro., James Dalziel Dougall and Sons, Omohundro, John Burwell,--1846-1880., Omohundro, John Burwell,--1846-1880--Presentation inscription from Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin., Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902., and Sitting Bull,--1831-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical managers--United States. and Wild west shows.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Double-barrel shotgun

5.
Green apples.

Creator:
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962, artist
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 139 (Art)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A bronze sculpture by Augusta Savage portraying a boy holding his stomach and grimacing in pain. It is titled on the front of the base: "Green Apples." It is signed on the top of the base with the artist's monogram, "Savage" lettered vertically within...
Description:
Augusta Savage (1892-1962), African American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Subject (Name):
Savage, Augusta,--1892-1962
Subject (Topic):
African American sculptors and Sculptors--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Green apples.

6.
Rawhide bolas

Published / Created:
[1870]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3019
Collection Title:
[Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Abstract:
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of mocca...
Description:
One twisted rawhide bolas with three rawhide-covered weights, and measuring 121 cm in length. Used to capture running game during a hunt, the bolas is unmarked and its original owner is unidentified.
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show., Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902., and Sitting Bull,--1831-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical managers--United States. and Wild west shows.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rawhide bolas

7.
The boxer.

Creator:
Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1930s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 133
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Abstract:
A full-length standing figure of a boxer carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. He incised the title "The Boxer" in the front edge of the surface on which the figure stands, and "Sept. 13th 33" and "LGBolling" on the back edge. A metal plate attach...
Alternative Title:
Wild Cat.
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
Subject (Topic):
African American boxers--Portraits, African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The boxer.

8.
Three horn-books

Call Number:
X373 897
Collection Title:
History of the horn-book / by Andrew W. Tuer ... with three hundred illustrations
Image Count:
8
Subject (Topic):
Hornbooks and Readers (Primary)
Collection Created:
London : The Leadenhall press ; New York : C. Scribner’s sons, 1897
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Three horn-books

9.
Woman's head.

Creator:
Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1930s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 134 (Art)
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Abstract:
A head of a woman carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. It is unsigned and undated. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Woman's Head."
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland,--1898-
Subject (Topic):
African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Woman's head.

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