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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
A white silk keepsake giving the timetable of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train from Cleveland to Columbus on the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad. There is an illustration at the top of the page of a woman weeping alongside Lincoln's coffin, with a crying soldier in the upper left corner and a crying sailor in the upper right corner.
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Scrapbook of nine items related to the nationwide funeral and mourning ceremonies for President Abraham Lincoln between April and May 1865. Items include special train schedules (including one printed on silk), a railroad pass; a governmental pass to view and/or accompany the presidential remains; a mourning badge with an original tintype photograph of President Lincoln; and a letter from General Edward D. Townsend, officer in charge of escorting the remains from Washington, DC to Springfield, Ill., written to his wife "Nannie" on April 28 1865, recounting his emotions and experiences. The original compiler of the scrapbook is unknown. It has been attributed to E. D. Townsend, but the materials used to make the scrapbook (binding, type-written labels, etc.) date from the mid-20th century.
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Three slightly elevated views of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. There are crowds of people lining the street, with lines of mourners/soldiers marching along the avenue.
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A view of the catafalque of President Abraham Lincoln, on display in a park (Monument Square) in Cleveland, Ohio. The catafalque is housed beneath a rectangular gazebo in the center of the park, with crowds of people, many carrying umbrellas, lined up on its far side.
RB 39601 pg. 68a
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ESTC N68229 ; Verse - "Attend, you lovers, and give ear,". ; In this edition, the text is in five columns, with the title and woodcut above the first three columns. The first, second, and third columns are separated by plain rules, as are the fourth and fifth columns. The woodcut is of a funeral procession led by someone on horseback.
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Visual Materials
Image of a depiction of the Rex procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 1, 1892, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; nineteen floats pulled by horses with color themes are presented in four panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.
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