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Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer Wearing Military Uniform with Shoulder Insignia Visible, Seated in Long Bust View Facing Left

LIBI_00019_00560; This item is an albumen carte-de-visite (card-mounted photograph) of Brigadier General George A. Custer in long bust view and wearing his military uniform. The photograph is 2 x 3 1/4" (2 3/8 x 4" mounted). As noted on page 25 of D. Mark Katz's book, the photograph was produced circa 1864 by Matthew B. Brady. The image is mounted upside down on the card and is poorly trimmed. The photographer's stamp is printed on the verso.Note: "Box 7" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 25.; CARTE-DE-VISITE [Card photograph]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00560, Mathew B. Brady, "Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer Wearing Military Uniform with Shoulder Insignia Visible, Seated in Long Bust View Facing Left," circa 1864

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00560, Mathew B Brady, "Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer Wearing Military Uniform with Shoulder Insignia Visible, Seated in Long Bust View Facing Left,

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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_00560

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

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

circa 1864

01/01/1864 - 12/30/1864

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Mathew B. Brady 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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