Custer's Last Fight: Anheuser-Busch's Famously Inaccurate Painting of The Battle Of The Little Big Horn

Custer's Last Fight: Anheuser-Busch's Famously Inaccurate Painting of The Battle Of The Little Big Horn

From the Custer Battlefield Museum:

"Custer's Last Fight" is the most famous depiction of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and the most famously inaccurate.  It has been seen by millions of people in the last 106 years. For the first time ever Anheuser-Busch Corporation has granted special permission to the Custer Battlefield Museum to reissue on high quality paper this famous print. 

Anheuser-Busch distributed thousands of these long ago. That's just a snippet above. If you want to have some fun, make it a project for yourself to try to get one of these displayed in your local school.

Comments

[Saintperle]

There were hundreds of thousands of these distributed by Anheuser-Busch. So unless you can document the painting as the original they made the lithograph from, not worth much of anything.

In 1965, the artist's grandson - -Eric Von Schmidt (yeah, the folk singer) painted the battle -- historically accurate and THE FIRST TIME the battle was viewed for the point of view of Custer and his men, i.e., from inside the circle looking out.

Lots of suicides (save the last bullet for yrself)

There was a museum show at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston called "Here Lies Custer" (the inscription on his headstone)
I worked with him on that one, as a curator at the museum.

Most of Custer's men didn't speak English, but Gaelic or German -- the cavalry recruited German and Irish immigrants right off the boat (two countries with lots of horsemanship) and were put on a train from New York to Kansas, or wherever the cavalry was.

No one liked Custer -- his men hated him, the Army sent him to the dark side of the moon because of his insanity, and, apparently, the only person who admired him was actually Sitting Bull, because Custer was the only white man who could ride a horse as long as Custer (Sitting Bull called him "Iron Ass.")

The Indians had no idea who these fools were who rode into their valley -- it was 104 degrees, Custer had cut his hair short and wasn't wearing his trademark fringed jacket.

The best researched story was Evan Connell's "Son of the Morning Star." Well-written -- amazing to read how inept his officers were -- got drunk, didn't show up for the flanking part, etc...

[JohannaHENDRICKS]

I opine that to get the personal loans from creditors you ought to have a great motivation. Nevertheless, one time I have got a student loan, just because I was willing to buy a building.

[Marvin]

We own the original poster that has been mended and framed. Wondering about what it is worth.

[Ralph l. Whitcomb]

I have a beautiful custers last fight, purchased from one of the late owners of the long rail bar in cripple creek colorado in the late sixties. This custers last fight hung above the bar for many years in this famous gold town and I have owned it for forty years. The colors are brilliant and the picture is nearly flawless. Any one interested in this custers last fight can contact me at the email address listed.

[Ralph l. Whitcomb]

Anyone interested can contact me at rafaelwhitcomb@yahoo.com and I would be glad to tell the history of this particular

[Don Young]

I have an original from the 50s budweiser's poster of the custer's last stand and willing to sell at the right price

[chanel watches]

IM CURIOUS TO KNOW THE VALUE OF A "CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT" I HAVE ONE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WHICH I HAVE HAD SINCE AROUND 1970.

[Jill]

Both sides of the Europeans v Native People did some horrific stuff to each other. Don't forget, scalping was invented by the English, who were brutal to the original occupants of all the lands they conquered.
As a mixed blood First Nation Canadian and Scot I find the gushy, mystical depiction of Indians almost as offensive as the savage barbarian claims.
We tend to demonize the Other as a salve to our conscience when injustice is done.