Custer's Expedition on the Plains. / Photographed by W. H. Illingworth

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Title: Custer's Expedition on the Plains. / Photographed by W. H. Illingworth
Creator: Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1842-1893 photographer.
Other Title: Stereographs of the Black Hills.
Number: ?
Published/Created: St. Paul, Minn. : W. H. Illingworth, [1874]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 8.5 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes: View of wagon train for Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Black Hills Expedition of 1874 including soldiers and civilian miners.; Title derived from image caption.; Printed on front left-hand margin: Stereographs of the Black Hills. Photographed by W. H. Illingworth.; Printed on front right-hand margin: Published by W. H. Illingworth, No East Seventh Street, St. Paul, Minn.; Printed on verso: Stereographs of the Black Hills, Comprising some of the most beautiful Scenery to be found on the American continent...Our first crossing of an Alkali Valley...The Gold was found on the South and North side of, and in the vicinity of, "Harney's Peak." The Gold region extends about fifty miles square, amid scenery enchantingly grand, and for mineral wealth no territory can excel the Hills. The Views, in all, number 55. None genuine unless bearing my name on each end of the Stereo. Card. W. H. Illingworth.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Custer, George A.--(George Armstrong),--1839-1876; Great Plains.; United States.--Army.--Cavalry, 7th; United States--Discovery and exploration.; United States--Surveys.; Expeditions & surveys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horses--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Miners--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Wagon trains--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1880.; Expedition photographs 1870-1880.; Landscape photographs 1870-1880.; Stereographs 1870-1880.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 133
Barcode: B10932911
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt STE Ill.002
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5822 x 3034
File Size: 817 KB
Record: 133
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-133/ste056_001

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