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- GLC#
- GLC04111
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 22 April 1865
- Author/Creator
- McCleas, fl. 1865
- Title
- [Lincoln's Funeral Train]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 albumen : b&w Height: 36 cm, Width: 46.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One image of a Philadelphia railyard with President Lincoln's Funeral Train dated April 22, 1865. The image was taken by McCleas. The engine bears four U.S. flags and black funeral drapings. Two men sit atop the tender that has the inscription, "PENN. R.R." Small crowds are also photographed at the front and back of the train.
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