For your consideration is this amazing and rare original photo of General George Custer's original house on the Fort Abraham Lincoln grounds circa 1873. This photo is 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. Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his wife, Libbie, lived in Fort Abraham Lincoln from 1873 until Custer's death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the summer of 1876. About 500 troops were also stationed there. Custer's initial home at the fort was constructed in the summer of 1873, but it burned down in February 1874. The office quarters is also present in the photo along with another building. Today, the house and seven other major fort buildings, including a barracks, the fort's makeshift theater, a stable building, and several blockhouses, have been rebuilt. This photo is of Custer's original house (center building) before it burned down in February of 1874. No photographer's mark or signature is present. It is set in a wood frame and features the original museum tag from the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. 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. The photo shows good condition overall with little wear present despite its age and handling over the years. The visible photo measures 6 3/4" L x 13 1/4" W, while the entire piece measures 8 3/8" L x 14 7/8" W x 3/4" D. It weighs 1 pound and 2 ounces.