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Group Including [left to right] Dr. Dunbar, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Mr. J. R. Young, Captain Thomas Benton Weir, Nettie Smith, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Mr. Lamborn, Mary McIntosh, and Lieutenant Francis M. Gibson, in Front of General Geo

LIBI_00019_00495; This item is an original albumen photograph of a group of 9 people in front General George A. Custer's headquarters at the 7th Cavalry camp near Ft. Hayes, Kansas. The photograph is 6 x 8 1/8" (8" x 9 7/8" mounted). As noted on page 83 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1869 and is attributed to W.J. Phillips of Preston, Missouri. Foxing is evident on the front of the image. Katz identifies the subjects in the photograph, from left to right, as: Dr. Dunbar, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, Mr. J.R. Young (of the New York Tribune), Captain Thomas B. Weir, Mrs. Nettie Smith, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, Mr. Lamborn (secretary of the Union Pacific Railroad), Mrs. Donald McIntosh and Lieutenant Francis M. Gibson. On the front, a handwritten notation reads: "A. [illegible word] tent/B. [illegible word] tent/C. [illegible word] tent/[illegible sentence]/Gen'l hdqrs at Ft. Hays 1867-'69/1. Mrs. C./2. Col. Weir/3. Mrs. A.E. Smith/4. [illegible words]/5. [illegible words]/6. [ill

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00495, W J. Phillips, "Group Including [left to right] Dr. Dunbar, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Mr. J. R. Young, Captain Thomas Benton Weir, Nettie Smith, Lieutenant

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Code: LIBI

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Big Horn County, Montana
Latitude: 45.5651016235352, Longitude: -107.429000854492

NPS Museum Accession Number : LIBI-00019
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LIBI_00495

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

Title: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection
URL: https://www.nps.gov/libi

1869

01/01/1869 - 12/30/1869

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W. J. Phillips Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

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

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument