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President Lincoln's hearse. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A127286
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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
In Collections
African Americana Photographs
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