Group of Officers and Ladies, 7th Cavalry
name: label: depicted
content: Custer, George Armstrong
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Custer, Elizabeth Bacon
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of a group of officers and ladies, including George and Libby Custer, picnicking outdoors in front of a large white tent. The men are officers of the 7th Cavalry and are mostly dressed in civilian clothing. Libby Custer is seated at center wearing a dark hat. George Custer is standing beside her at right, wearing a pale buckskin coat. Myles Keogh is standing beside her at left in black. Written on the back of the photograph in ink is: "Group of officers & ladies / 7th Cavalry / Mrs. Custer sitting in center / between Col Keogh & Capt [illegible]" At bottom is a simple drawing in pencil of an American Indian in feather headdress standing and facing a Pilgrim in a square top hat.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0311.46
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.46
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 16.51 cm