Actors inside Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, 1983

Artifact Overview

Between 1840 and 1847, Abraham Lincoln tried cases as a traveling lawyer when this courthouse was located in Postville (later Lincoln), Illinois. With new leadership at Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in the early 1980s, museum staff worked to re-create courthouse activities in frontier communities of the 1840s--resulting in dramatic role-playing performances like this one.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1983

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.880

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Actors Relocated buildings and structures Rogers, John, 19 July 1925-15 July 2012 Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Logan County Courthouse Courthouses Buildings (Structures) Judges Lawyers Open-air museums Plays (Performed works)