For your consideration is a Rare Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment Photograph Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, circa 1873-1876. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit. An attached museum tag reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". This photograph was taken on the parade grounds at Fort Lincoln, the soldiers standing at parade rest with their rifle butts against the right foot. The colour guard stands with the regimental colours furled. Officers are seen at the front of the colour guard. The Commissary is behind the troopers on the left, officer's quarters are visible in the background along a stand of trees; Captain Tom Custer's bachelor officer's quarters is the left house. Taken before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, "Custer's Last Stand". By the end of the day on 26 June 1876, the 7th Cavalry Regiment had been effectively destroyed as a fighting unit. In the fall of 1873, six companies of the 7th Cavalry arrived at the fort under the command of the first post commander, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Custer commanded the regiment in the various campaigns against the Native American tribes and during Reconstruction duty in the southern states. The photograph is marked on the bottom, "Part of Gen. Custer's 7th Cavalry". The photograph is in amazing preserved condition, mounted in a silver gilt wood frame and sits behind glass to protect its already preserved condition, scuffing noted to frame. The visible art measures 10.375"W x 13"L, frame is 11.375" W x 14.125" L x .5" D. Weight is 1lb, 10oz.