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- Printing Block of Columbia Mourning President Lincoln's Death, 1865 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces the Thomas Nast engraving portraying the nation's grief at the loss of the President.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block of Columbia Mourning President Lincoln's Death, 1865
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces the Thomas Nast engraving portraying the nation's grief at the loss of the President.
- Abraham Lincoln Catafalque in the House Chamber of the Hills Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 21-22, 1865 - This image shows the catafalque, a temporary structure built to support President Abraham Lincoln's coffin during the three days he lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, plunged Americans into deep mourning. Many people collected mementos like this to visualize the events of President Lincoln's funeral as a way of expressing their grief.
- 21 April 1865-22 April 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Abraham Lincoln Catafalque in the House Chamber of the Hills Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 21-22, 1865
This image shows the catafalque, a temporary structure built to support President Abraham Lincoln's coffin during the three days he lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, plunged Americans into deep mourning. Many people collected mementos like this to visualize the events of President Lincoln's funeral as a way of expressing their grief.