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Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago. – Antique Photo Print

Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago., [1865] — historic photograph
Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago., [1865]. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago.

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Here Abraham Lincoln lies in state in Chicago, one of the stops on the slow rail journey that carried his body from Washington to Springfield, Illinois, in the spring of 1865. The photograph was made by S.M. Fassett, a Chicago photographer working during the city's mourning. Crowds filed past the open casket for hours, and the draped and decorated interior reflects the rituals of national grief that spread across the North after Lincoln's assassination in April. The image preserves a moment when the funeral procession turned into a public ceremony in cities far from Washington.

Created / published[1865]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Death & burial. Funeral rites & ceremonies--Illinois--Chicago--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,258 × 1,075 px · prints to 4 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215979

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