The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic transparency

Date Made

April 1958

Subject Date

April 1958

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.11.A.1A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 4 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic transparencies Photographs Assassinations Cultural artifacts Museums Rocking chairs United States presidents Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. Anderson Theater 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."