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- The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln Was Shot at Ford's Theatre, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958 - Irwin J. Clark made this hand-colored Tintype in April 1958. Clark was the Greenfield Village Tintypist from 1956 to 1968. It shows the Lincoln Chair on the theater stage of Henry Ford Museum. The Tintype was produced in preparation for a 1959 program commemorating the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in 1809.
- April 01, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln Was Shot at Ford's Theatre, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958
Irwin J. Clark made this hand-colored Tintype in April 1958. Clark was the Greenfield Village Tintypist from 1956 to 1968. It shows the Lincoln Chair on the theater stage of Henry Ford Museum. The Tintype was produced in preparation for a 1959 program commemorating the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in 1809.
- The Lincoln Rocker -
- March 27, 2015
- Collections - Set
The Lincoln Rocker
- Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860 - Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- 1845-1860
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Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860
Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- Rocking Chair Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860 - This rocking chair is part of a group of furniture owned by the Lincoln Family in Springfield, Illinois. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, this chair and other furnishings were sold to a neighbor, whose family retained them until 1930, when they were purchased for the Museum. This was a standard type of middle class rocker that became associated with President Lincoln.
- 1845-1860
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Rocking Chair Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860
This rocking chair is part of a group of furniture owned by the Lincoln Family in Springfield, Illinois. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, this chair and other furnishings were sold to a neighbor, whose family retained them until 1930, when they were purchased for the Museum. This was a standard type of middle class rocker that became associated with President Lincoln.
- The Abraham Lincoln Chair as Photographed in April 1865, "The Chair Lincoln Sat in When He Was Shot" -
- April 01, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
The Abraham Lincoln Chair as Photographed in April 1865, "The Chair Lincoln Sat in When He Was Shot"
- Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860 - Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This simple and light chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- 1845-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860
Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This simple and light chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- The Lincoln Rocker - The event that transformed President Abraham Lincoln into an American icon, equal to Washington and Jefferson, was his assassination on April 14, 1865. It took longer for the chair he was sitting in that night to emerge as a symbol of his greatness.
- January 10, 2015
- Collections - Article
The Lincoln Rocker
The event that transformed President Abraham Lincoln into an American icon, equal to Washington and Jefferson, was his assassination on April 14, 1865. It took longer for the chair he was sitting in that night to emerge as a symbol of his greatness.
- The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln Was Shot at Ford's Theatre, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958 - President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in this rocking chair during a production of <em>Our American Cousin</em> 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."
- April 01, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln Was Shot at Ford's Theatre, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958
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."
- 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 <em>Our American Cousin</em> 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."
- April 14, 1865
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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."
- The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958 -
- April 01, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958