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Title: View of funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Alternative Title: Lincoln, Abraham ; 3 views of funeral procession down Pennsylvania Ave., Wash. D.C. ; 1865.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865-04-19
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 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.
The catafalque containing Lincoln's remains traveled from DC to Springfield, Illinois with the following itinerary: DC, Baltimore, Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia (April 22 & 23); NYC; Albany (April 25); Buffalo; Cleveland; Columbus; Indianapolis.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 3 prints: albumen; 9 cm x 9 cm (3 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in.)
Identifier: photPF 7248
397642
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/4948
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial
Funeral processions--Washington (D.C.) (lctgm)
Crowds
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Albumen prints. (aat)
Place: Washington (D.C.)
Source: Photo File
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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