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English: George Armstrong Custer in West Point Cadet Uniform. Graduation photograph.
Photographer
English: George Gardner Rockwood (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)
Title
English: George Armstrong Custer in West Point Cadet Uniform. Graduation photograph.
Publisher
English: National Park Service
Description
English: LIBI_00019_00307; This item is a copy of a card-mounted albumen photograph of George A. Custer in one-half seated view and wearing his West Point cadet uniform. The oval-shaped photograph is 5 x 7" (7 3/4 x 9 3/8" mounted on an oval mount) and was produced circa 1861. The image is attributed to George Rockwood and is Custer's West Point graduation photograph. The original image can be found in his West Point photograph album, catalog number 1997. On the front, a handwritten caption in pencil reads, "A Cadet at West Point." On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "A at West Point" and is signed by Elizabeth B. Custer.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 25, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 3.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00307, George Gardner Rockwood, "George Armstrong Custer in West Point Cadet Uniform, Graduation Photograph," circa
  • Keywords: little bighorn battlefield national monument
Depicted place
English: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Big Horn County, Montana
Date circa 1861
date QS:P571,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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English: NPGallery
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Position: Research Requests
Address: PO Box 39, Crow Agency, MT, USA, 59033, (406) 638-2621
Email: libi_librarian@nps.gov
NPS Unit Code
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LIBI
NPS Museum Accession Number
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LIBI-00019
NPS Museum Number Catalog
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LIBI_00307

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