Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer in Military Uniform with Embroidered Sleeves, Wearing Gloves and Clutching a Sword; Seated View
LIBI_00019_00575; This item is a card-mounted (possibly collodion or albumen) photograph of Brigadier General George A. Custer seated view and wearing his military uniform. The oval-shaped photograph is 5 3/8 x 7 3/8" (7 3/4" x 9 3/4" mounted). As noted on page 22 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1864 by William Frank Brown. The image is either faded or lightly toned. The verso is signed in pencil by Elizabeth B. Custer.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 40, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 23.Note: "Pkg 7" handwritten on the verso.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00575, William Frank Browne, "Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer in Military Uniform with Embroidered Sleeves, Wearing Gloves and Clutching a Sword; Seated View," 1864
National Park Service
Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00575, William Frank Browne, "Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer in Military Uniform with Embroidered Sleeves, Wearing Gloves and Clutching a Sword; Seat
Title: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection URL: https://www.nps.gov/libi
1864
01/01/1864 - 12/30/1864
Public Can View
William Frank Browne Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
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