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Lincoln's Funeral parade at the Treasury Building, Washington D.C. April 19, 1865.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0703 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04/19 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription of verso: "North end of Court of Review" [sic]. Numeric notation on verso: "167." Image taken from apparently a second-story height, as the roof of another building is in the foreground.

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