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Title: Mourning ribbon commemorating the death of Abraham Lincoln
Creator: Berger, Anthony, 1832-, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865
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: A small, bust-length circular studio portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in a narrow frame, set in black mourning ribbon to commemorate his death. The frame is surrounded by thin black gauze, and mounted on a wide black ribbon that extends down in two tails.
A photograph made by Anthony Berger of Mathew B. Brady studio on February 9, 1864. Cropped and flipped. See Ostendorf, page 178.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: Gem tintype and black silk ribbon; 11 cm x 8 cm (4 in. x 3 in.)
Identifier: 441054:09
394411
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/4945
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Tintype (prints) (aat)
Source: United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: Abraham Lincoln, April 1865 : [scrapbook of funeral and mourning memorabilia]
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. David Herlihy, February 1975.

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