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General George Armstrong Custer at His Field Headquarters in Virginia

LIBI_00019_00256; This item is an albumen stereograph (card-mounted photograph) of General George A. Custer seated in front of his Virginia field headquarters with a dog. The stereograph is 3 1/4 x 7" mounted on a yellow mount and was produced circa 1863. The negative was produced by Brady & Co. of Washington and was published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. as part of a series of images titled, "The War for the Union." On the front, typed captions on the left and right side of the image read, "Photographic History/The War for the Union." On the verso, a typed notation reads, "War Views./ Gen. Custer at his Head Quarters in the field, Army of the Potomac, Va." The publisher's stamp is also printed on the verso.Note: "Pkg 3/Custer Chest" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 56, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 6.; STEREOGRAPH [Stereoscopic card photograph]; Courtesy of the National

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00256, Brady & Company, "General George Armstrong Custer at His Field Headquarters in Virginia," circa 1863 .

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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_00256

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

Circa 1863

01/01/1863 - 12/30/1863

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Brady & Company 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