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Group [left to right]: Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Miss Talmadge, Captain William Thompson, Lord Waterpark, Lord Alfred Paget, Lieutenant Myles Moylan, Captain Thomas Benton Weir, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis, Lieutenant William W. Cooke, Eliz

LIBI_00019_00498; This item is an original albumen, card-mounted photograph of a group of 14 people and several dogs in front of a tent on a buffalo hunt while camped near Fort Hayes, Kansas. The photograph is 4 3/4 x 7 1/2" (8" x 9 7/8" mounted"). As noted on page 85 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1869 and is attributable to W.J. Phillips of Preston, Missouri. Katz identifies the subjects, from left to right, as: Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, Miss Talmadge, Captain William Thompson, Lord Waterpark, Lord Paget, Lieutenant Myles Moylan, Captain Thomas Weir, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis, Lieutenant William W. Cooke, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, Lieutenant Thomas W. Custer, Captain Brewster, Mrs. Godfrey and Mr. Talmadge. On the front, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "A. and 2 English guests/Col. Weir/G.A./Col. Thompson/Col. Cook/Gen'l Sturgis/Tom Custer." On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads: "Kansas/Buffalo hunt given to/Lord Waterpark/Lord Paget/Officers of the

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00498, W J. Phillips, "Group [left to right]: Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Miss Talmadge, Captain William Thompson, Lord Waterpark, Lord Alfred P

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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_00498

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

1869

01/01/1869 - 12/30/1869

W. J. Phillips 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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