Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) President Lincoln's Hearse
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0041 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1865/ 04 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 5.8 x 9.4 cm Order a Copy
Mourning border around image. Shows Lincoln's hearse with horses and escorts in front of Cathedral. Inscription on recto "President Lincoln's Hearse. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Henszey & Co., Photographers, No. 812 Arch St., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern DIstrict of Pennsylvania." Cancelled Orange two cent tax stamp on verso.
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