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Buffalo Hunting Camp Established by the 7th Cavalry Near Fort Hays, Kansas

LIBI_00019_00502; This item is an original albumen, card-mounted photograph of the buffalo hunting camp established while the 7th Cavalry was stationed near Fort Hayes, Kansas. The hunt was given in honor of Lord Waterpark. The photograph is 4 3/4 x 7 3/4" (8 x 9 7/8" mounted) and was produced circa 1867. The photographer was possibly W.S. Soule. On the front, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "From Ft. Hays [illegible word] on a buffalo hunt in Kansas [illegible words] Lord Paget and Lord Waterpark about 1867-1870?" On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Our buffalo hunting camp/Kansas." Handwritten description on the verso provided by Elizabeth B. Custer.Note: "Pkg #12" and "Box #5" handwritten on the verso.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 110.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00502, William S. Soule, "Buffalo Hunting Camp Established by t

National Park Service

Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00502, William S Soule, "Buffalo Hunting Camp Established by the 7th Cavalry Near Fort Hays, Kansas," circa 1867

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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_00502

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

circa 1867

01/01/1867 - 12/30/1867

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William S. Soule 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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