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| Title | Actors portraying George and Elizabeth Custer, Fort Abraham Lincoln |
| Date of Original | between 1961 and 1966 |
| Description | An actor portraying George Custer sits on horseback and clasps the hand of an actress playing his wife Elizabeth during a theatrical production at the Custer Memorial Amphitheater. Another woman looks on from the background. The theater's doors are open and the prairie is visible outside. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Entertainment
Military
Historic sites
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Historical dramas
Actors
Actresses
Horses
Open-air theaters
Open-air theatrical productions
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| Personal Name | Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
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| Organization Name | United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Mandan Historical Development Association (N.D.)
Custer Memorial Amphitheater (Mandan, N.D.)
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| Location | Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | 00053-10 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | A dramatic telling of the story of Custer, the 7th Cavalry, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn has been staged during the summer at Fort Abraham Lincoln since 1958. The original production, called Trail West was written by W.T. Chichester and Frederick G. Walsh. Later productions, called The Custer Drama were written by Bert Pettey. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Custer Drama Photograph Collection 00053
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00053-10) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh0005310 |
