Photographs of the American West
1861-1912

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Selected photos from
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, DC 20408
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"Scene of Gen. Custer's last stand, looking in the direction of the ford and the Indian village." A pile of bones on the Little Big Horn battlefield is all that remains, ca. 1877. 111-SC-82966. (west050.jpg
 "John Sontag of the firm of `Evans & Sontag' of Calif. fame. Sontag was shot to death about Sept. 14, 1904. He was not yet dead when this picture was taken." 111-SC-93363.  (west086.jpg

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