Amon Carter print details

Custer's Tragic Battlefield

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1927

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Unknown

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    c.r. in image: General Geo A Custer

    l.r. in image: Burlington \ Route

    l.l. printed: CURLEY, ONE OF CUSTER'S TRUSTED CROW INDIAN SCOUTS.

    l.r. printed: 46399

    l.l. to l.r. printed: CUSTER'S TRAGIC BATTLEFIELD WHERE ON JUNE 25TH, 1876 THE GALLANT MAJOR GENERAL AND HIS LITTLE BAND OF \ MEN WERE OVERWHELMED AND KILLED BY WARRIORS OF THE SIOUX AND CHEYENNE TRIBES - NEAR CROW AGENCY \ MONTANA ON THE BURLINGTON LINE VIA YELLOWSTONE AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: Burlington Route

    u.l. in graphite: 9:15 - A.M- \ 2/16/27

    u.c. [stamp]: CRESTON \ FEB 16 \ 1130AM \ 1927 \ IOWA

    c.l. to l.l. in graphite: - a sunny lone- \ some day. just \ passed Corning, \ Iowa - Snow \ on the ground. \ Daddy

    c. to l.r. in graphite: Mr. Cecil Haggot- \ 1271 Marion St. - \ Denver - \ Colorado.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1159

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

Tags

Amon Carter Disclaimer

This information is published from the Carter's collection database. Updates and additions based on research and imaging activities are ongoing. The images, titles, and inscriptions are products of their time and are presented here as documentation, not as a reflection of the Carter’s values. If you have corrections or additional information about this object please email us to help us improve our records.

Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of a work contrary or in addition to the information in our records.

Related Works