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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Death of President Lincoln./At Washington D.C. April 15th 1865/The Nation's Martyr
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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First Lincoln death bed print by Currier & Ives, copyrighted on April 26, 1865. Depicts "little Tad" Lincoln weeping at his mother's knee beside the President's bedside. Tad was never present at the deathbed. This first print shows Gen. Henry W. Halleck (with handkerchief) at the bedside in contrast to the later version in which he is replaced by Vice President Andrew Johnson. See also pri675 (25).
Pr. Box 675/26
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Engraving. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping. A later photographic print of this image became widely popular.
Pr. Box 626/26
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Albumen print. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Rare as engraving, but achieved popularity in this format -- as CDV for family albums. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping
photPF 25498
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Lithograph. L to R: Maj. Rathbone, Miss Harris, Mrs. Lincoln, President, John Wilkes Booth. The first of the assassination prints to appear -- 11 days after the event. One of the most popular of all the Currier and Ives lithographs judging by number of copies that survive.
Pr. Box 675/36
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People in image: L to R: Secretary Edwin Stanton, Secretary Gideon Welles, Rev. Dr. Gurley, Surgeon General Joseph Barnes, Mrs. Lincoln. Robert Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner. Secretary William Dennison, Chief Justice Chase, Secretary Usher.
Pr. Box 675/23
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Lithograph. Assassination is depicted with creative license: no flag butting in which Booth caught his spur and Lincoln reportedly slumped forward and did not stand after being shot.
Pr. Box 675/37