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Lincoln Funeral Car

Creator:
unknown
Location:
Unknown place made
Origin Date:
1890-1906
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0701
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This tinted postcard features a cutout of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral car which carried his casket from Washington, D. C., to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. The cutout is pasted to the postcard so that the wheels are on the train tracks. The car is draped in black mourning cloth. A guard is positioined at each end of the funeral car. The postcard reverse is undivided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum