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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

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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 .

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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_00291

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