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Article: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 6, 1910.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0620 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Newspaper Date: 1910/02/06 Pagination: 1 clipping 6.4 x 24.1 cm Order a Copy

Chicago Sunday Tribune article and headline describing the discovery of the photograph of the 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death. Headline: "Finds Old Lincoln Photo; Remarkable Photograph Taken at Bloomington, Ill., April 25, 1865; Meeting in Courthouse Square Following Assassination of Lincoln."

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