Removing the President (Garfield) from the express wagon to the railway car – Vintage Wall Art
(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 antique engraving of Removing the President (Garfield) from the express wagon to the railway car brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Removing the President (Garfield) from the express wagon to the railway car
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Garfield is the man being lifted in this wood engraving from *Harper's Weekly*, which shows the transfer from an express wagon into a railway car. He had been shot at the Baltimore and Potomac depot in Washington on July 2, and in early September he was moved by train to a seaside cottage at Elberon, New Jersey, in hope that sea air would help him recover. The magazine printed the scene in its September 17, 1881 issue, while the country followed each step of his long decline.
| Created / published | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1881 Sept. 17. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,130 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107558 |
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