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Custer's Camp on French Creek, Dakota Territory

LIBI_00019_00490; This item is a black-and-white silver gelatin print of George A. Custer's camp during the Black Hills Expedition on French Creek. The photograph is 4 x 7 5/8" unmounted and was produced in 1874 by William H. Illingworth. The image was made from a glass plate negative. On the verso, a handwritten notation in blue ink reads: "Custer Expedition, 1874. Photo by Illingworth. Custer's camp on French Creek, 2 1/2 miles below present site of Custer City, S. Dak. Calamity Peak at left." Another handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Illingworth, photographer/From Lawrence K. Fox/Perry, S. Dakota." A portion of the handwritten description provided by Elizabeth B. Custer.; Print, Photographic; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00490, W. H. Illingworth, "Custer's Camp on French Creek, Dakota Territory," 1874

National Park Service

Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00490, W H. Illingworth, "Custer's Camp on French Creek, Dakota Territory," 1874

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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_00490

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

1874

01/01/1874 - 12/30/1874

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W. H. Illingworth 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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