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- Title
- General order, no. 51 Navy Department, Washington, April 15, 1865. The department announces with profound sorrow to the officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps the death of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States. Stricken down by the hand of an assassin on the evening of the 14th instant, when surrounded by his family and friends, he lingered a few hours after receiving the fatal wound, and died at seven o'clock twenty-two minutes this morning. ... The officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will ... wear the usual badge of mourning for six months. The department further directs, that ... the commandants of squadrons, navy yards, and stations will cause the ensign of every vessel in their several commands to be hoisted at half-mast, and gun to be fired every half hour, beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset. The flags of the several navy-yards and marine barracks will also be hoisted at half-mast
- Description
- Printed area, including single-rule mourning border, measures 15.0 x 9.2 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Navy Dept
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Uni Sta Navy 5792.F.66b (McAllister)
- Title
- National Lincoln monument Office State Superintendent Public Instruction, Illinois, Springfield, May 16, 1865. To the presidents, faculties and students of the universities, colleges, and other literary, scientific, and professional schools and corporations in the United States: The object of the "National Lincoln Monument Association" is to build a becoming monument over the grave of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States
- Description
- Caption title, with first lines of text., Signed at end: Newton Bateman, State Supt. Pub. Inst. Ill., and member Monument Association., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Illinois, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Illinois 5792.F.53b (McAllister)
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln's character Sketched by English travellers
- Description
- Caption title., Signed on p. 2: W.W.B. [i.e. Walter William Broom]., Text printed inside single-rule mourning borders., "In memoriam."--p. [3], verse, signed and dated: W.W.B. Brooklyn, April 30, 1865; first line: Gone! But still his spirit is here., Verse on p. [4] is a German translation of In memoriam; first line: Dahin! Sein Geist doch wallet ferner heir., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Broom, W. W. (Walter William)
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Broom 5792.F.44a (McAllister)
- Title
- Decorations that were around Lincoln's corpse
- Description
- View showing floral funerary ornamentation including a harp, cross, star, bell, and patriotic bunting covering the walls in the background., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Decoration and ornamentation [P.9299.120]
- Title
- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Views showing the procession past the State House of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the tree-lined street and sidewalks on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of the awning of the Orleans Hotel and adjacent awning frame., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.49a; P.9161.4]
- Title
- [Row of buildings with funeral decorations for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, April 1865]
- Description
- View showing mourners on the sidewalk in front of buildings, including a hardware store and the business of "H.R. Miller," decorated in black bunting in memory of the assassinated president., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- April 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Funerals [(6)1322.F.25d]
- Title
- [Row of buildings with funeral decorations for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, April 1865]
- Description
- View showing mourners on the sidewalk in front of buildings, including a hardware store and the business of "H.R. Miller," decorated in black bunting in memory of the assassinated president., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- April 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Funerals [(6)1322.F.25d]
- Title
- Lincolniana Just published, in one volume, small quarto, pp. viii and 344, printed in the best style by John Wilson & Son, on fine tinted paper, a collection of sermons, eulogies, addresses, letters, etc. occasioned by the assassination and death of Abraham Lincoln. By clergymen and friends of our country in the United States, Great Britain, and the provinces; containing nothing heretofore published in any permanent form. List of contents. ... Sold by subscription only. Price five dollars per copy. Only two hundred and fifty copies printed. Those wishing to subscribe for this memento of our late lamented president should apply early
- Description
- Printed on p. [3] only., Library Company copy has a MS. letter on p. [1], dated Oct. 12, 1865, from Wm. B. Trask to John Jordan Jr. Esq.; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Spencer, William V.
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Spencer 5792.F.35 (McAllister)
- Title
- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
- Description
- View showing throngs of mourners at the 1000 block of South Broad Street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [P.9161.2]
- Title
- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
- Description
- View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [5778.F.27d; 5779.F.17i; P.8687.8; P.9161.1]
- Title
- Funeral Car, used at the obesequies of President Lincoln, in Philadelphia, April 22nd, 1865, [graphic] : Designed and built by E.S. Earley, Undertaker, south east corner of Tenth and Green Streets, Philadelphia / Tholey.
- Description
- Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of an American City (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia in cooperation with Camino Books, 1990), p. 221., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1971 p. 43., Scene depicting the procession of the catafalque transporting the flower covered casket with the President to Independence Hall. Funeral officials, dressed in black and wearing top hats, attend the open air funeral car with canopy, draped in black cloth, and drawn by eight horses. Mourners line the city street including an African American man and woman.
- Creator
- Tholey (Firm), lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W146.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W146 [7929.F]
- Title
- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- View showing Lincoln's catafalque followed by crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalk at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the route, including B. C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows soldiers holding back the crowd; a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag, which was used as a barricade., Name of photographer supplied by variant. (P.9161.3)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- [April 22, 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.48e]
- Title
- [Hearse and coffin in Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque. Military guards escort the hearse passed mourners crowding the sidewalks and the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses lining the 1000 block of South Broad Street. Businesses include commission merchant, M.S. Myer, and the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Title supplied from duplicate in private collection., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso:The funeral of Mr. Lincoln, Broad St., Phila., April 22, 1865., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), plate 174., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [8248.F.7]
- Title
- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - processions [P.9161.3]
- Title
- Funeral Car, used at the obesequies of President Lincoln, in Philadelphia, April 22nd, 1865 Designed and built by E.S. Earley, Undertaker, south east corner of Tenth and Green Streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Scene depicting the procession of the catafalque transporting the flower covered casket with President Lincoln to Independence Hall. Funeral officials, attired in black suits and top hats, attend the open air funeral car with canopy, draped in black cloth, and drawn by eight horses. Mourners line the city street including an African American man and woman., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 289, Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of an American city (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia in cooperation with Camino Books, 1990), p. 221., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1971, p. 43., Purchase 1970., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Charles Tholey, Augustus Tholey, and their father, probably named Michael, worked as lithographers, engravers, and pastel portraitists in Philadelphia in the mid 19th century.
- Creator
- Tholey (Firm), artist
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W146 [7929.F]