Split Rail, Said to Be Split by Abraham Lincoln
THF159031 / Split Rail, Said to Be Split by Abraham Lincoln
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford admired Lincoln's down-to-earth, frontier character. The image of Lincoln as the "rail splitter" is central to that theme - it emerged during the 1860 Illinois Republican nominating convention when Lincoln's cousin emerged with a banner constructed of rails split by Lincoln and the audience went wild. Henry Ford acquired a group of rails said to have been split by Abraham Lincoln.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Rail (Object component)
Subject Date
circa 1827
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.217.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant Material)
Color
Brown
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Henry Ford admired Lincoln's down-to-earth, frontier character. The image of Lincoln as the "rail splitter" is central to that theme - it emerged during the 1860 Illinois Republican nominating convention when Lincoln's cousin emerged with a banner constructed of rails split by Lincoln and the audience went wild. This fragment of a split rail was retailed at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.