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General George Armstrong Custer Standing in Military Uniform Wearing His Hat

LIBI_00019_00299; This item is an original albumen cabinet card of General George A. Custer in standing view. The photograph is 3 7/8 x 5 9/16" (4 1/4 x 6 1/2" mounted) and was produced circa 1873 by Gentile of Chicago, Illinois. The photographer's stamp is printed on the front bottom edge. On the verso, the photographer's stamp is printed in light ink on the dark background. A handwritten notation written in pencil is barely visible and reads, "Gen. Custer - E.B.C. Bronxville, N.Y" in Mrs. Custer's handwriting.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 52, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 63.; Cabinet Card [Card Photograph]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00299, Carlo Gentile, "General George Armstrong Custer Standing in Military Uniform Wearing His Hat," circa 1873

National Park Service

Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00299, Carlo Gentile, "General George Armstrong Custer Standing in Military Uniform Wearing His Hat," circa 1873 .

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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_00299

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

circa 1873

01/01/1873 - 12/30/1873

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Carlo Gentile 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