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Group [Left to Right]: Unidentified 7th Cavalry Trooper, Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer, Dr. Dunbar, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Lieutenant Thomas Ward Custer, Nettie Smith, Mary McIntosh, in Front of the Headquarters Tent at the 7th Cavalry Camp Near Fort

LIBI_00019_00497; This item is an original albumen photograph of a group of 6 people at the headquarters tent at the 7th Cavalry camp near Fort Hayes, Kansas with 4 additional tents and 1 soldier in the background. The photograph is 5 1/2 x 8 1/4" (8" x 9 7/8" mounted). As noted on page 81 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1869 and is attributable to W.J. Phillips of Preston, Missouri. The photograph is unevenly cut and has a tear in the upper right corner. Katz identifies the subjects, from left to right, as: unidentified 7th Cavalry trooper, Lieutenant George A. Custer, Dr. Dunbar, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, Lieutenant Thomas W. Custer, Mrs. A.E. Smith and Mrs. Donald McIntosh. On the verso, a handwritten notation reads, "Gen'l Custer's headquarters camp/Camp near Ft. Hays Kansas" and is signed by Elizabeth B. Custer.Note: "Pkg #12" handwritten on the verso.Photograph reprinted in "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 81.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00497, W J. Phillips, "Group [Left to Right]: Unidentified 7th Cavalry Trooper, Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer, Dr. Dunbar, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Lieutena

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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_00497

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

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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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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument