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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.02.0044 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visites |
| Title | Presidential Railroad car decorated with mourning bunting |
| Date | ca. April 1865 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | A soldier with a mourning band stands at attention on the car's platform. A conductor stands on the platform of an adjacent car. Backing partially removed. Graphite inscription on verso "2723/3-2/133," "-3 7/8- square up." |
| Subjects | President Death Government and Civics Assassination Lincoln Assassination Railroad Union Forces Military History |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |