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(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) [Bowlsby, William H.] Carte de visite full-length portrait of Custer in the Civil War. Albumen print, 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches, on contemporary blank mount; captioned on verso in pencil "Genl Custer as a captain, 1862, captain Civil War," possibly in Elizabeth Bacon Custer's hand. [Monroe, MI, April 1863]
Katz's Custer in Photographs lists this image as K-10, and publishes a trimmed copy as "from the unique, original, unpublished carte de visite, in the author's collection." The present copy is untrimmed and in admirable condition.
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