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Tents in the 7th Cavalry Camp on Big Creek Near Fort Hays, Kansas

LIBI_00019_00503; This item is an original albumen, card-mounted photograph of tents at the 7th Cavalry camp near Fort Hayes on Big Creek established while guarding workers on the Union Pacific Railroad. The photograph is 4 3/4 x 7 3/8" (8 x 9 7/8" mounted) and was produced circa 1868. The photographer was possibly W.S. Soule. On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Camp near Ft. Hays, Kansas/Big Creek/7th Cav./Camp/[illegible word] the 7th guarding the builders of the R. Road 1868." Handwritten description provided by Elizabeth B. Custer. An unidentifiable drawing is also on the verso.Note: "Pkg #12" handwritten on the verso.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 95.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00503, William S. Soule, "Tents in the 7th Cavalry Camp on Big Creek Near Fort Hays, Kansas," circa 1868

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00503, William S Soule, "Tents in the 7th Cavalry Camp on Big Creek Near Fort Hays, Kansas," 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_00503

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