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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Lincoln's Springfield home with funerary bunting

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0034 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 5.9 x 9.6 cm Order a Copy

Photograph has been removed from a book. A small group of men and boys gathered on the corner in front of the house. Black bunting hangs around windows and white bunting hangs from the roof. Graphite inscription on verso "Barrett," "2723/3-1/133," "[struck] Not In The," "-3 7/8- square up."

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