The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1219 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.3 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy
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 description of Lincoln's assassination.
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