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Lincoln Funeral Train at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1908-1930
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0698
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard is a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train stopped at the depot in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on April 22, 1865. The train cars are draped in black mourning cloth. Several people are standing on the opposite side of the train tracks. "P.R.R., Lincoln's Funeral Train" is printed in the lower left corner of the image. The number 2483 is printed in the lowe right corner of the image. The postcard reverse is divided "Prst. Lincoln's Funeral Train at Harrisburg, Pa." is handwritten in black in on the left side. The postcard is addressed to C. B. Chaney of Brooklyn, New York. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
