Details
Creator Henszey & Co.
Title President Lincoln's hearse. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Henszey & Co., no. 812 Arch Street
Date 1865
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 7 cm (4 x 2.25 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description Photographic reproduction of a print showing the five horse-team drawn catafalque carrying the flower-covered casket of the President stopped in front of a church. White men funeral officials, attired in black suits and top hats, attend the horses and hearse. Mourners line the city street, including an African American man.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Henszey & Co., Photographers, No. 812 Arch St., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death & burial.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Catafalques -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mourning clothing & dress.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - Henszey & Co. - Lincoln [5792.F.48b]
Accession number 5792.F.48b