Photographs and graphics, [ca. 1865-1981]

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Photographs and graphics, [ca. 1865-1981]

Photographs and other graphics of New York Life agents, officers, and employees, meetings and conferences, offices and buildings, checks, policies and other artifacts, George A. Custer and other members of his command, U.S. presidents insured by New York Life Insurance Company, Madison Square and Madison Square Garden, and other subjects; offprints of magazine advertisements; and calendars.

27.3 cubic ft.

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New York Life Insurance Company

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New York, New York. From the description of Records, 1876. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17869157 ...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...