Miss Agnes Bates and General George Armstrong Custer in the Costumes of a Sioux Chief and His Bride Reclining
LIBI_00019_00291; This item is an original albumen photograph of George A. Custer and Agnes Bates reclining on the floor in costume. The photograph is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (5 x 8" mounted). As noted on page 122 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1875 by Orlando Scott Goff. On the verso, a handwritten notation reads, "Miss Agnes Bates of Monroe, Michigan with General Custer in the costumes of a Sioux Chief and his bride. Summer of 1875, tableaux at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Miss Bates was a guest of Mrs. Custer in 1874-1875."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 122.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00291, Orlando Scott Goff, "Miss Agnes Bates and General George Armstrong Custer in the Costumes of a Sioux Chief and His Bride Reclining," 1875
National Park Service
Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00291, Orlando Scott Goff, "Miss Agnes Bates and General George Armstrong Custer in the Costumes of a Sioux Chief and His Bride Reclining," 1875 .
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
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