"Mrs. Ford to Auction Famous Lincoln Chair," Newspaper Article from November 16, 1929

THF121094 / "Mrs. Ford to Auction Famous Lincoln Chair," Newspaper Article from November 16, 1929

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

16 November 1929

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

N.B.39331

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in

Keywords	United States, District of Columbia, Washington Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Assassinations Rocking chairs Theaters (Buildings) United States presidents Auctions Ford, Blanche Chapman, 1851-1941 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

Artifact
Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in this rocking chair during a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Henry Ford purchased the chair in 1929 for the Museum, where it remains one of the most revered objects associated with the "man who saved the Union."