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Group on Horseback with a Running Buffalo in the Foreground, During a Hunting Party for Lord Waterpark Hosted By George Armstrong Custe

LIBI_00019_00499; This item is an original albumen, card-mounted photograph of a group on horseback, with a running buffalo in the foreground, during a hunting party provided to Lord Waterpark by George A. Custer. The photograph is 4 1/4 x 6 1/4" (8" x 9 7/8" mounted). As noted on page 85 of D. Mark Katz's book, the image was produced in 1869 by W.J. Phillips of Preston, Missouri. Some fading and water stains are evident on the image. Katz identifies the subjects, from left to right, as: an orderly, Lieutenant Henry J. Nowlan, Sutler Hill P. Wilson, Captain Thomas Weir, Lieutenant James M. Bell, Lieutenant Francis M. Gibson, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, Captain Frederick Benteen, Lieutenant Thomas W. Custer, Captain William Thompson and Charley Thompson. On the front, a handwritten notation reads, "Same size. Send us the wood before cutting." On the verso, a handwritten notation reads, "Buffalo near Ft. Hays."Note: "Pkg #12" and "Box 5" handwritten on the verso.Photograph reprinted in "The C

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00499, W J. Phillips, "Group on Horseback with a Running Buffalo in the Foreground, During a Hunting Party for Lord Waterpark Hosted By George Armstrong Custer,

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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_00499

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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