Dress gloves and leaflet from George Armstrong Custer's coat pocket
Dress gloves and leaflet from George Armstrong Custer's coat pocket
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- Description (Brief)
- One pair of white dress gloves and a leaflet from the unveiling ceremony for the Detroit Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, found in George Armstrong Custer's frock coat pocket. The white cotton gloves and leaflet, dated April 9, 1872, were discovered by United States National Museum staff in Custer's coat after its accession to the museum's collection in 1912.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Gloves, Pair of
- Other Terms
- Gloves, Pair of; Handwear; Man; Army
- associated date
- 1873 - 1876
- Associated Date
- 1872-04-09
- associated person
- Custer, George Armstrong
- referenced
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- Physical Description
- white (gloves color)
- cotton (gloves material)
- paper (leaflet material)
- printed (leaflet production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall (as stored): 10 in x 14 in x 1 in; 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- AF.54045
- accession number
- 54045
- catalog number
- 13042
- subject
- Civil War memorialization
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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