Lincoln's funeral on Pennsylvania Ave. (LOC)

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Lincoln's funeral on Pennsylvania Ave. (LOC)


Lincoln's funeral on Pennsylvania Ave.

[Washington, D.C. : 1865 April 19]

1 negative : glass, wet collodion ; 4 x 4 1/4 in.

Notes:
Photo shows crowd gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1865, for the procession of President Abraham Lincoln's hearse from the funeral held at the White House to the U.S. Capitol, where his body lay in state before traveling by train to Springfield, Illinois, for burial.

Title and date from information on negative sleeve and Library staff.
Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865.
Funeral rites & ceremonies.
United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Format: Glass negatives--1860.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/\