LIBI_00019_00197; This item is an albumen cabinet card (card-mounted photograph) of Thomas W. Custer standing in full military dress and holding a saber.  The three-quarters view photograph is 4 x 5 7/8" (4 1/4 x 6 1/2" mounted) and was produced circa 1872 by J.F. Coonley of the Y. Day studio in Memphis, Tennessee.  On the front, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Medals of Honor to Tom Custer about 1871-2."  The photographer's stamp is printed in black ink on the verso.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 163.Note: "Pkg 1/Custer Chest" handwritten on the verso. ; CABINET CARD [Card photograph]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00197, J. F. Coonley, "Thomas Ward Custer in Full Military Dress with a Saber," circa 1872
<ul><li>Keywords: little bighorn battlefield national monument</li></ul>
J. F. Coonley (<i>Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument</i>)
1872<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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