Dress gloves and leaflet from George Armstrong Custer's coat pocket
date: label: associated date
content: 1873 - 1876
label: Associated Date
content: 1872-04-09
name: label: associated person
content: Custer, George Armstrong
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One pair of white dress gloves and a leaflet from the unveiling ceremony for the Detroit Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, found in George Armstrong Custer's frock coat pocket. The white cotton gloves and leaflet, dated April 9, 1872, were discovered by United States National Museum staff in Custer's coat after its accession to the museum's collection in 1912.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War memorialization
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.54045
label: accession number
content: 54045
label: catalog number
content: 13042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gloves, Pair of
label: Other Terms
content: Gloves, Pair of; Handwear; Man; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white (gloves color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (gloves material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (leaflet material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (leaflet production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall (as stored): 10 in x 14 in x 1 in; 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm