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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 - 1876

Biography

George Armstrong Custer; b. Dec. 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio; d. June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory; U.S. cavalry officer; graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., 1861; served in the Civil War, became brigadier general; killed at Battle of Little Bighorn.

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

E. A. Brininstool collection of Western photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 68
Scope and Contents Collection includes original and reproduction photographs, lithographs, negatives, and wood printing blocks related to the American West. Images includes sites of battles with Native Americans, historical figures involved in the development of the West, buildings, and landmarks. Subjects include Wild Bill Hickock, Luther S. Kelly, Amos Chapman, Alfred Howe Terry, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, George A. Custer, Philip Henry Sheridan, Red Cloud, and sportted Tail. Materials were...
Dates: approximately 1860-1949

Collection of photographs of the West

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233602579]
Identifier: MSS P 130
Scope and Contents

Collection includes images of Denver (Colorado), Missoula (Montana), George A. Custer, Indian scouts, and other Western images.

Dates: approximately 1880-1969

Collection on George A. Custer

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 160
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs, slides, postcards, and a pamphlet dealing with George A. Custer, the Little Bighorn battle site, and the Crow Agency in Montana. Dated approximately 1920-1949.

Dates: approximately 1920-1949

Robert Ellison Western photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 115
Scope and Contents Collection includes two hundred and thirty photographs, including oversize images, one tintype, and a Brady photograph, with images of the oil industry and oil fields, landscapes of the West, G. A. Custer, and Ellison family and friends; stereographs of Indian wars, Wyoming; various western personalities and places; and postcards. Also includes four photographs and a postcard of Edward Copely and family. Also a picture of the printing shop at the "Old Nez Pierce Mission", and a postcard of...
Dates: approximately 1880-1949

Hunting and camping party from Fort A. Lincoln, at Little Heart River, 1872

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 658

J. C. Buttre lithograph of W. R. Howell portrait of George Armstrong Custer, 1876

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233280335], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS P 16 Item 30

José Maria Mora portrait of George Armstrong Custer, approximately 1876

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233280335], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS P 16 Item 26

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  • Subject: Photographs X

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Type
Archival Object 10
Digital Record 10
Collection 5
 
Subject
Portraits 18
Albumen prints 8
Gelatin silver prints 5
Dakota Indians -- Photographs 4
Engravings 4
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Halftone photomechanical prints 4
Images 3
Material Types 3
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Photographs 2
Montana 2
Postcards 2
Acetate negatives 1
Agricultural exhibitions -- Wyoming 1
Animals -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
California 1
Cemeteries -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) 1
Cheyenne Indians 1
Colorado 1
Copy prints 1
Crow Agency (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1
Dull Knife Battle, Wyo., 1876 1
Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort) 1
Fort Reno (Wyo.) 1
Gros Ventre Slide Geological Area (Wyo.) 1
Hunting -- Photographs 1
Idaho 1
Independence Rock (Wyo.) 1
Indian scouts -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Lithographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Manitou Springs (Colo.) 1
Mexico 1
Missoula (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Monuments -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail 1
Negatives 1
New Mexico 1
Oil industries 1
Pamphlets 1
Parades -- Photographs 1
Prostitution -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs 1
Rifles -- Photographs 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Shaanxi Sheng (China) 1
Slides (Photography) 1
South Dakota 1
Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) 1
Texas 1
Utah 1
Vietnam -- Photographs 1
Virginia City (Mont.) 1
Woodcuts 1
Wyoming 1
Yellowstone National Park 1
Zuni Indian Reservation (N.M.) 1
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