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The Lincoln Funeral Car

Creator:: Lamson Brothers Company
Publisher:: Lamson Brothers Company
Collection:: Jean Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection
Location:: Toledo, Ohio
Date of Original:: 1908
Description:: Horizontal, 5.5 x 3.5 inches; black and white photograph of Lincoln Funeral Car taken for Myron H. Lamson in 1865 and reproduced as a souvenir postcard for the G.A.R. in 1908; funeral car standing alone on a railroad track with man on ground beside it and man on platform at each end of the car, vignette portait of Lincoln at upper left, text in decorative cartouche at upper right; quarter-inch white border at bottom
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Monuments; Lincoln Highway

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Postcard
Item ID:: ZPC-552
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: ZPC-552
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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