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Unknown [Mourning ribbon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00738 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Object Date: 15 April 1865 Pagination: 1 ribbon ; 16 x 5 cm. Order a Copy

Silk ribbon mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln with bold black print that appears above and below a portrait of Lincoln. The print above the portrait reads "we mourn" below the portrait, "a father slain".

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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