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[carte de visite, street scene]

White mount. Street scene with mourning bunting on flag pole and several African Americans gathered in the street. Two signs below the flag read "Republican. Lincoln Lives." And "Union & Liberty," respectively.

GLC05136.22

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, standing, three-quarter length view]

White mount with red border. Standing, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing cloak.

GLC05136.23

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, three-quarter length view]

White mount with red border. Seated, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing one glove and holding the other. Similar to images 26, 28, and 29.

GLC05136.24

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount with gold border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop.

GLC05136.25

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount with thin black border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Lighter, vignetted version of images 24, 28, and 29.

GLC05136.26

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount. Seated half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop. Photo from engraving of image #25.

GLC05136.27

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26 and 29.

GLC05136.28

[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26, and 28.

GLC05136.29

[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

White mount with thin black border. Seated, half length view of Edwin Booth.

GLC05136.30

[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length profile view]

White mount with gray border. Seated, half length profile view of Edwin Booth.

GLC05136.31

[Lincoln funeral parade, stereocard]

Yellow mount. View of Lincoln's funeral parade at the corner of Chestnut St., with a recruiting poster for Maj. Gen. Hancock hanging from the building on left side. Similar to image #38, with slightly smaller crowd.

GLC05136.37

[Lincoln funeral parade, stereocard]

Yellow mount. Pencil inscription on verso: "View looking South from 6th and Chestnut St., crowd waiting to see body of Abraham Lincoln, April 1865." Similar to image #37, with slightly larger crowd.

GLC05136.38

"The Funeral of President Lincoln"

Yellow mount. Anthony's Instantaneous Views, #2950. Aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession en route to city hall.

GLC05136.39

"The Funeral of President Lincoln"

Yellow mount. Anthony's Instantaneous Views, #2950, #2951, #2958. Aerial view of soldiers in Lincoln's funeral procession.

GLC05136.40

[Lincoln funeral at New York City Hall, stereocard]

Yellow mount. Inscription on verso: "Funeral Dirge, City Hall, New York." Shows large assembly of people gathered outside city hall, which is hung with black bunting, in addition to large banner across front that reads "The Nation Mourns."

GLC05136.41

"The Funeral Car, Broadway, New York"

Yellow mount. Shows a crowd gathered around Lincoln's hearse as it processes down the street.

GLC05136.42

[close-up view of Lincoln's hearse, stereocard]

Yellow mount. Stamp on verso: "New York, Lincoln's Catafalque No 353." Close-up view of Lincoln's hearse and casket in front of windows hung with mourning wreaths. Soldiers stand at attention along near side of hearse.

GLC05136.43

[aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession, stereocard]

Yellow mount. Aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession.

GLC05136.44

"Home of Lincoln"

View of front and side of Lincoln's Springfield home decorated in funerary bunting.

GLC05136.45

[Lincoln's casket, stereocard]

Yellow mount. Ink inscription on recto: "A. Lincoln's Casket." View of Lincoln's casket drapes with flowers and greenery.

GLC05136.46

"Stereoscopic view of Lincoln's Tomb, Negative No.1, Oak Ridge Cemetery"

Yellow mount. View of Lincoln's tomb surrounded by trees.

GLC05136.47

[metallic token with lithograph of Lincoln]

Metallic token painted black with gold designs and gold back. Center of token has colored lithograph of Lincoln under glass

GLC05136.53

Lincoln's Funeral Procession, Chicago

Handwritten on back: "Lincoln's funeral, Part of procession Cor[ners] Clark and Lake St. Chicago"

GLC05137.259

Article on Lincoln 1856 speech with photo from 1865 indignation meeting. [1908/1909 ca.]

The newspaper article is dated April 3 but there are two other dates written on the item. Inscription in upper left corner: "Miss Bessie Hallett April 7, 1909." Inscripiton in upper right corner: "Bessie Hallett." Inscription on bottom: "April 5...

GLC05111.01.0619

Lincoln's Tomb [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Tomb. This belonged to H. Walls Fay, Custodian."

GLC05111.01.0836

The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]

Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated. Inscription on recto: "The Chair Lincoln sat in when he was Shot." Numeric notation on recto: "3405." Inscription on verso: "Collection. H.W. Fay." Numeric notations on verso: "#12B" and "12."

GLC05111.01.1218

The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]

Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated. Inscription beneath image: "Lincoln- was seated in this chair whe [sic] assassinated." Inscription on verso: "The Chair Lincoln sat in when he was Shot." The inscription is followed by a brief...

GLC05111.01.1219

The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]

Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated, propped on two stools. Numeric notation on image: "3406." Inscription on the side of the image: "Photographic History." Inscription on verso: "Chair in which Lincoln sat at Ford's Theatre."

GLC05111.01.1220

Small tintype of Lincoln mounted on CDV format card

Embossed on recto "Pottere Patent March 7 1865," Laurel wreath surrounds image.

GLC05111.02.0030

Lincoln's Springfield home

Imprint on recto "President Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Ills." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographer, Springfield Ill."

GLC05111.02.0033

Lincoln's tomb with soldiers on guard

Graphite inscription on verso "37A," "Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield Ill," "Receiving vault for cemetery then and now. Soldiers on guard," "held remains President and Willie. Nov. & Dec. 1865." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire...

GLC05111.02.0045

Chicago court house decorated with mourning bunting

Crowd streaming into the Chicago Court House to view Lincoln's body. Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "D.C. Pratt, Photographic Artist, Broadway, Aurora, Ill."

GLC05111.02.0047

State House, Springfield, IL in mourning

Lavishly decorated with mourning bunting. Graphite inscription on verso "#38," "never been published," "State House Springfield Ill." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographic Artist, City Gallery, West Side of Public Square...

GLC05111.02.0048

Funeral in Columbus, Ohio

A large line of people filing into a large building decorated with mourning bunting. A sign reading "With malice to no one with charity for all" hangs on the front of the building. Photographers imprint on verso: "From E.S. Walker's No. 27 South...

GLC05111.02.0049

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

As lieutenant general, standing facing forward with mourning armband (for President Lincoln) on his left arm. Same image as GLC 1320. Imprint on recto "F. Gutekunst, Photog'r." Graphite inscription on verso "U. S. Grant - Lt. General U.S.A. Fair...

GLC05111.02.0429

Diary of Milton Whipple

Early entries are brief and mostly record staff changes, troop movements, drills, and the weather but the entries lengthen as Whipple details the Appomattox campaign and the last few weeks leading up to General Robert E. Lee's surrender. On 24...

GLC04561

Diary of John W. Phoenix

Early entries mostly detail the weather, regimental duties, and camp life at Little Rock, Arkansas. On 21 January he indicates that the regiment has received marching orders but he is to remain at camp. This marching brigade came back on 4 February...

GLC03956.02

[Lincoln assassination reward poster]

Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000)...

GLC04092

[Lincoln's Funeral Train]

One image of a Philadelphia railyard with President Lincoln's Funeral Train dated April 22, 1865. The image was taken by McCleas. The engine bears four U.S. flags and black funeral drapings. Two men sit atop the tender that has the inscription, "PENN...

GLC04111

Letters from John Moore & brother Robert, 32 during war: Antietam, Vicksburg &c. [Decimalized .01- .63]

Includes materials written from Antietam, Vicksburg, Atlanta. Discusses his desire to punish the people of Mississippi, the capture and burning of Columbia, S.C., Lincoln's assassination. Also includes postwar correspondence.

GLC04195

Campaigning with Grant

Published by The Century Co. in New York and printed by The DeVinne Press. The two volumes contain 32 chapters, which cover the period from Grant's move to the eastern theatre in 1864 until Lee's surrender in 1865. Contains tipped-in autographs...

GLC04203

[Orders regarding the 100th United States Colored Infantry's observance of Abraham Lincoln's funeral]

The first part of this document relates official orders issued by Thomas S. Sexton, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, based on the orders of Colonel Charles R. Thompson. Provides guidelines regarding activity during Lincoln's funeral, including the...

GLC04219.02

Justice, Liberty, Equality [Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Chromolithographed oval bust portrait of Lincoln surrounded by a wreath, with dove of peace at top and "Justice, Liberty, Equality" on tri-color ribbon at bottom. Printed with caption "Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Born...

GLC04245

to Stockton Bates

Written from Camp Parole, where Union prisoners of war were held until they were exchanged with Confederate prisoners of war, then returned to their regiments. Expresses fear that every officer would apprehend him after he had been taken into...

GLC03523.23.37

[Collection of Leonard H. Richards, D company, 75th regiment, Illinois, infantry]

Richards was a devout young soldier, greatly in love with his wife. Letters mention battle of Nashville, Lincoln's death, etc.

GLC03523.29

to her brother

Writes that the day is cold. There was a funeral service at the old church for Lieutenant Border. Lieutenant Border's family was there as well and they were all very distraught. Writes that she has received his letter from Huntsville, Alabama but...

GLC03523.42.56

to Delia Slocum

re: Cranor describes his move from Blue Springs back to Nashville and the somber mood present after Lincoln's assassination ("evry thing is dressed in mourning.") He writes that he talked to the "rebs" who said that they thought Johnson would be...

GLC03791.026

[Lincoln funeral caisson in New York]

One photograph of Abraham Lincoln's funeral caisson dated May 1865. Shows the funeral caisson stopped in front of the Clinton Market on a cobblestoned street.

GLC05111.01.0007

[Fassett] Photographer Chicago

One photograph of the road where Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois may have been located, taken by Samuel M. Fassett. Fassett's name appears to be rubbed out on mount; full title taken from pencil inscription underneath. Image shows...

GLC05111.01.0008

President Lincoln's house, with Congressional Delegation

A print of a photography taken by Fredrick William (F. W.) Ingmire of the Congressional funeral delegation outside the house of Abraham Lincoln. Taken on May 3rd, 1865, the day before Lincoln's funeral. The Lincoln house is draped in banners and...

GLC05111.01.0009