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General George Armstrong Custer and His Sister Mrs Margaret C. Calhoun Dressed as Quaker Peace Commissioners

LIBI_00019_00290; This item is an original albumen photograph of General George A. Custer and his sister, Margaret C. Calhoun, in costume. The photograph is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (5 x 8" mounted). As noted on page 121 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1875 by Orlando Scott Goff. Foxing evident on the upper right corner of the image. On the verso, the handwritten notation in pencil reads, "General Custer and his sister, Mrs. Maggie Calhoun wife of Capt. Calhoun, representing Quaker Peace Commissioners in tableaux at Fort Abraham Lincoln."Note: "Pkg 4" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 144, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 121.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00290, Orlando Scott Goff, "General George Armstrong Custer and His Sister Mrs. Margaret C. Calhoun Dressed as Quaker Peace Commissioners," 1875

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00290, Orlando Scott Goff, "General George Armstrong Custer and His Sister Mrs Margaret C. Calhoun Dressed as Quaker Peace Commissioners," 1875

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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_00290

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

1875

01/01/1875 - 12/30/1875

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Orlando Scott Goff 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