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Title: Gloves worn to guard Lincoln's body
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: According to the donor, these gloves were worn by Dan Walter while he was one of the guards for President Lincoln's body at Springfield, Illinois.
Type: image
Identifier: 2FF3E39D-4D57-48DA-AA51-569532234313
1972-281a-b
Subject: Funeral rites & ceremonies
Funeral processions
Presidents
Lincoln, Abraham

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