1815-1860

Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: [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

1815-1860

Wilson & Hood

Photograph

Title: [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

1815-1860

Wilson & Hood

Photograph

Title: [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

25 April 1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: "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

25 April 1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: "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

1815-1860

Photograph

Title: [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

1815-1860

Wilson & Hood

Photograph

Title: "The Funeral Car, Broadway, New York"

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

GLC05136.42

1815-1860

Photograph

Title: [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

1815-1860

Townsend, A.C., fl. 1865

Photograph

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

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

GLC05136.44

22 May 1865

Glover, Ridgeway, fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: "Home of Lincoln"

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

GLC05136.45

1815-1860

Townsend, A.C., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: [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

1815-1860

Duboce, Marcel, fl. 1865

Photograph

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

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

GLC05136.47

1815-1860

Object

Title: [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

8 July 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and children"

re: Hartsuff again considers the prospects of trouble with the upcoming relocation of the Uncompahgre Utes to their new reservation in Utah at the junction of the Green and White Rivers. He expresses contempt for the "Civil Authority" which "spend & squander & steal" appropriations while the military looks on and enforces its arbitrary will on the Utes. Hartsuff, concerned about the assassination of Pres. Garfield, worries that the consequences "will convulse the whole country". Written at Cantonment on the Uncompahgre also known as Fort Crawford.

GLC05201.006

February 27, 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 307 (February 27, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Reference to the gathering of the Southern Congress, which formed a committee to deal with public lands and also dealt with the formation of the cabinet. Announcement of Henry J. Ellet of Mississippi as Postmaster-General and Judah P. Benjamin as Attorney General. Proceedings of Louisiana legislature and the Federal Congress. Reference to attempt to shoot Lincoln. Page 2 and part of page 3 has a copy of the "Official Journal of the Convention of the State of Louisiana" -- contains 21 ordinances, each with a French translation. Advertisements for sale and rental of…

GLC05960.02.07

1878

Wells, James M., fl. 1878

Book

Title: The Chisolm Massacre: A Picture of "Home Rule" in Mississippi

The Chisolm Massacre: A Picture of "Home Rule" in Mississippi. 2nd edition, published by the Chisolm Monument Association. In 1877, Judge Chisolm was accused of assassinating a Democratic political opponent. He, his son and daughter and two friends were killed by a 300-strong mob reported to be the Ku Klux Klan. No one was punished for the murders.

GLC09304

1864-1865

Hilliard, Thomas B., fl. 1864-1865

Diary

Title: [Diary of private in 50th Penn. Infantry]

Diary of private in 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, with entries from Sept. 1864 through June 1865, encompassing the close of the war: "Today the election took place for President of the United States everything moved off quietly majority for Lincoln in the 50th Regiment.... news of Sheridan's victory on the left rebels still retreating... [April 1865] a great talk of peace...2000 prisoners taken to City Point...considerable talk about the death of Lincoln."

GLC09320

8 May 1865

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to unknown]

Letter to unknown recipient, discussing the evils of slavery and Lincoln's assassination.

GLC09586

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Serajevo, Yugoslavia -- Scene of Murder of Crown Prince which Started Flame that Engulfed All Europe

Shows landscape of houses, buildings, bridges, and scenery in Sarajevo, Bosnia during its occupation by the Austro-Hungarian empire.

GLC09584.001

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Mrs. King Stops Applause

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Mrs. King holding her hand up to stop applause as she prepares to speak to a group of marchers in Memphis, Tennessee.

GLC09739.042

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Mrs. King Surrounded by Guard

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Mrs. King surrounded by Tennessee National Guard upon her arrival in Memphis.

GLC09739.043

8 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Mrs. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Reverend Ralph Abernathy looking at Coretta Scott King as she participates in a memorial march for her husband.

GLC09739.044

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Mrs. King Joins March in Husband's Honor

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at the front of a march held in Memphis in honor of her husband. Accompanying her in the front row are her children Yolanda, Martin III, and Dexter, as well as Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Harry Belafonte.

GLC09739.045

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: March Forming

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts people gathering around the Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church in Memphis, Tennessee as they prepare to march in Dr. King's honor.

GLC09739.046

8 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Crowd forms as King's body is led into church]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 8, 1968. Depicts people gathering outiside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia as Dr. King's body is led inside.

GLC09739.047