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Collection: 00022H - Frank J. Hutchinson Photo Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00025
Title: Captain Tom Custer, 7th Cavalry
Date: ca. 1875
Creator: Barry, D. F.--(David Francis),--1854-1934
Inscription/Marks: On the back: Capt Tom Custer--Gen Custers Brother killed in the Custer Fight Body mutilated by Chief Rain-In-The-Face.
Summary: Dakota Territory photographer D. F. Barry's formal portrait of young Captain Tom Custer, taken sometime between 1873 and 1876, shows a mustached man in full Cavalry uniform, complete with medals, ribbons and fancy epaulets.// Thomas Ward Custer (March 15, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, he served as his aide at the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Lakota and Cheyenne in the Montana Territory. Together with the younger Boston Custer, the three brothers were killed in that overwhelming defeat of United States forces.(Wikipedia)
Red ID: PH_I_141901 Image ID: 102865 Image Notes: 00022-H-00025

Collection: 00022H Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Frank J. Hutchinson Photo Collection
Date: 1871-1890

Summary: Includes photographs captured by David F. Barry of Northern Plains Indians and other significant people, places, and events in Dakota Territory and the American West.

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