Raymond Massey Viewing the Abraham Lincoln Chair, Then Exhibited in Greenfield Village, November 1943
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Artifact Overview
Actor Raymond Massey portrayed Abraham Lincoln in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" first as a Broadway play in 1938-39, followed by a 1940 film. The story which traces Lincoln's early life through the 1860 election was written by noted playwright Robert Sherwood, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939. In late 1943, Massey toured the Logan County Courthouse where this photograph was taken.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 November 1943
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.71563
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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