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English: George Armstrong Custer in the Mouth of a Tent with His Dogs and Pet Pelican During the Washita Campaign
Photographer
English: William S. Soule (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)
Title
English: George Armstrong Custer in the Mouth of a Tent with His Dogs and Pet Pelican During the Washita Campaign
Publisher
English: National Park Service
Description
English: LIBI_00019_00576; This item is an original albumen, card-mounted photograph of George A. Custer standing in the opening of a tent during the Washita Campaign. Custer's 3 greyhounds and stag hound are also visible laying outside the tent and his pet pelican is partially visible on the lower right edge of the image. The full view photograph is 5 1/2 x 7 7/8" (8 x 10 1/16" mounted) and was produced circa 1868. The photographer is possibly W.S. Soule. On the front, a handwritten notation reads, "Gen. Custer at the Washita/[illegible words]/2 [illegible words] Scotch Stag." On the verso, a handwritten notation reads, "Autie near Ft. Dodge Kansas." Handwritten description on the verso provided by Elizabeth B. Custer.Note: "Additions/Box 7" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 106.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield Nation
  • Keywords: little bighorn battlefield national monument
Depicted place
English: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Big Horn County, Montana
Date circa 1868
date QS:P571,+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Accession number
260ec973270a4aacb13a374391f01bb4
Source
English: NPGallery
Permission
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Public domain
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
InfoField
LIBI
NPS Museum Accession Number
InfoField
LIBI-00019
NPS Museum Number Catalog
InfoField
LIBI_00576

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