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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Lincoln's tomb showing his and Willie's caskets, covered with flowers and crepe]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0012 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: May 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 12.3 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of the caskets of Abraham Lincoln and William Wallace Lincoln in the receiving vault of Oak Ridge Cemetary, Springfield, IL. Taken sometime in May, 1865. Willie's remains were exhumed upon his father's death and transferred to Springfield, where both of their remains were interred with Edward's and Tad's in 1871. Half stereo-card size print. Ex-Fay. An albumen print on a modern mounting.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, William Wallace, 1850-1862

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