Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(GEORGE A. CUSTER.) David F. Barry, photographer. Photograph of the horse Comanche, the army's only survivor from Little Bighorn. Photograph, 6 x 8 1/4 inches, on original mount, with Barry blindstamps in photograph and mount; repaired 2-inch tear in mount. No place, image circa 1880s, early 20th century print

Additional Details

Comanche, the mount of Capt. Myles Keogh, is often described as the only Federal survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This image is cropped from an original Barry photograph in which Comanche is held by a uniformed soldier.