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George Armstrong Custer in the Mouth of a Tent with His Dogs and Pet Pelican During the Washita Campaign

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

National Park Service

Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00576, William S Soule, "George Armstrong Custer in the Mouth of a Tent with His Dogs and Pet Pelican During the Washita Campaign," circa 1868

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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_00576

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

circa 1868

01/01/1868 - 12/30/1868

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William S. Soule 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