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White Moon Holding Springfield Carbine

LIBI_00012_07526; A hand-tinted photograph, mounted on wood, of White Moon holding a S. S. Springfield carbine, at the Custer battlefield; produced by Thomas b. Marquis on June 24, 1927. The typewritten description below image reads, "U.S. Springfield carbine, caliber.45, serial no. 48482, taken from a slain 7th cavalry trooper by White moon on June 25, 1876. White Moon was a northern Cheyenne warrior and participated in the Custer battle. This carbine was given to Dr. Thomas B. Marquis on June 24, 1927, at the time this picture was taken. White Moon was 77 years old at the time and died in May 1931."; print, photographic [mounted on wood]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00012_07526, Thomas B. Marquis, "White Moon Holding Springfield Carbine," June 24, 1927

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00012_07526, Thomas B Marquis, "White Moon Holding Springfield Carbine," June 24, 1927

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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-00012
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LIBI_07526

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

june 24, 1927

06/24/1927

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Thomas B. Marquis 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