In this 12" x 16" sepia-toned photograph, a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is taking place in a Brooklyn, New York, arena. A large number of performers, most of whom are on horseback, are gathered in the center of a large arena with a dirt floor. The performers include both Native Americans and white men dressed either as cowboys or as United States Army soldiers. A man stands on top of a platform in the center of the arena. The audience watches from covered stands on either side of the arena. The participant on the left side center of the photograph identified with an X is George W. Johnson of Holdrege.
