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Wilson & Hood "The Funeral Car, Broadway, New York"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.42 Author/Creator: Wilson & Hood Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1815-1860 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

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

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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