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Lot 301
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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500
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$660
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Lot Description
[CUSTER, George Armstrong]. GOFF, O.S., photographer. CDV of Libbie Custer's niece, Mary Ann, while at Fort Abraham Lincoln with the Custer family and 7th US Cavalry.
1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (sight) oval vignetted portrait of Mary Ann wearing a 7th Cavalry kepi on her head. Enclosed in a paper sleeve with Goff's stamped backmark on verso and ink inscription to recto: "Fort A. Lincoln 7th Cavalry / M. Mamie."
Mary Ann, or "Mamie" familiarly, was the niece of Elizabeth Custer. She lived at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory with her aunt and uncle from 1874-1876, during which years the US 7th Cavalry was stationed at the fort.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.