Actors inside Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, 1983
THF121387 / Actors inside Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, 1983
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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
Collection Title
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
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Related Artifacts
ArtifactLogan County Courthouse
Between 1840 and 1847, Abraham Lincoln tried cases here as a traveling lawyer. Visiting once or twice a year, he worked mostly on cases resolving neighbors' disagreements over land, contracts, and debts. As Lincoln traveled, people got to know him because he always took time to talk to them. This helped him earn votes later when he went into politics.
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Related Content
SetLogan County Courthouse: Where Abraham Lincoln Practiced Law
- 15 Artifacts
Between 1840 and 1847, Abraham Lincoln tried cases as a traveling lawyer in this courthouse when it was located in Postville (later Lincoln), Illinois. When the Logan County seat moved to Mt. Pulaski, this courthouse was reused as a general store, jail, post office, and private dwelling. Henry Ford purchased it in 1929 and brought it to Greenfield Village.