Lt. Biddle, 7th Cavalry
date: label: associated date
content: 1877-09-30
name: label: photographer
content: Goff, O. S.
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of Lieutenant Jonathan Williams Biddle, 7th US Cavalry. Biddle was killed in the Battle of Bear Paw on September 30, 1877 in the Montana Territory. Biddle is shown from the waist up in Army dress uniform with forage cap. He has a moustache. On the bottom left of the photograph, the photographer's name is typewritten: "O.S. Goff". On the bottom right of the photograph is typewritten "Fort Lincoln D.T. [Dakota Territories]". On the back of the photograph in ink is written: "Lt. Biddle/ 7th Cavy./ Killed at battle of /Bear Paw Mountain/ Sept. 30, 1877"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Dakota
label: referenced
content: United States: Montana, Baldy Mountain
topic: label: related event
content: Battle of Bear Paw
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: 2003.0311.38
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm