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Image: John Y. Nelson and family

John Young Nelson and family of Buffalo Bill's Wild West stand in front of stone block building and wood picket fence. Imprinted below photograph "ANDERSON. 785 BROADWAY, N.Y. -- JOHN Y. NELSON and FAMILY, Scout, Guide and Interpreter of the Sioux. -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West." Photographer inscription on verso "Anderson, photographer, 785 Broadway, cor. of 10th, New York." Left to right: James, Thomas, Jenny (Yellow Elk Woman), John Y. Sr., Rose (in front), Julie, and John Y. Jr. (Yellow Horse), wearing headdress.
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