Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Dried flowers from the funeral car of Abraham Lincoln
Object Number:
243
Date:
1865
Medium:
Plant material
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 in. ( 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
written: on paper wrapper; "Taken from Funeral Car/ at president Lincoln's Funeral/ April 25, 1865/ C.C."
Description:
Dried flowers (4) from the funeral car of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865, folded in paper.
Gallery Label:
After President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, his funeral train arrived in New York City early on April 24. The cortège followed a route from Desbrosses Street to City Hall Park, and Lincoln's body lay in state at City Hall from 1 p.m. until noon the next day, when the cortège traveled up Broadway to the depot of the Hudson River Railroad.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
