Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1127

Custer, George Armstrong. [Custer, Elizabeth]. [2] 1) Photograph, perhaps previously unpublished, of Elizabeth Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer. 4" x 6." Mounted on a card. Seated at right, dressed in a full length, black dress is Elizabeth Custer. Standing, left, wearing a diagonally-striped dress is Custer´s sister Margaret Custer Calhoun. A piece of paper is pasted to the back of the card and it reads. "427 West 11th St Kansas City Mo. Jan 1917. Madam, I am returning the picture that my daughter got in Lincoln, I found in my trunk that has been around the world and San Francisco, and that … N. Y. via the Suez Canal. I think maybe you would like to have it. Very respectfully Thomas Travis 7th Cav. 1876." The image is stained at right, otherwise clear and sharp. The back of the card has some stains, and the corners are rounded. 2) Envelope with a note dated on Executive Mansion stationary addressed to "Mrs. Gen Custer / 41 East 10th St. thanking Mrs. Custer for a gift she gave to "Mr. Harrison." Postmarked 3-22-89.

Sold for
$1,300