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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral in Columbus, Ohio

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0049 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.1 x 9.8 cm Order a Copy

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 High Street, Columbus, Ohio."

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