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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0036 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Springfield, IL Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.1 x 9.7 cm Order a Copy

Lincoln's home with no mourners. Graphite inscription on verso "#20," "Lincoln's Home Springfield, Ill." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographic Artist, City Gallery, West Side of Public Square, Springfield, Ill." Cancelled Orange two cent tax stamp on verso.

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