Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a cavalry soldier holding in his right hand the reins of "Comanche", Custer's horse, 1890. The soldier's left hand holds a flag on a staff. They are standing in a grassy field. A military base is in the background. A mountain rises in the distance. Comanche was the only living thing that came through the Custer battle at Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. The horse was later mounted and put on display at the University of Kansas or the State Museum at Denver, Colorado.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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