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- Split Rail, Said to Be Split by Abraham Lincoln - Henry Ford admired Lincoln's down-to-earth, frontier character. The image of Lincoln as the "rail splitter" is central to that theme - it emerged during the 1860 Illinois Republican nominating convention when Lincoln's cousin emerged with a banner constructed of rails split by Lincoln and the audience went wild. Henry Ford acquired a group of rails said to have been split by Abraham Lincoln.
- circa 1827
- Collections - Artifact
Split Rail, Said to Be Split by Abraham Lincoln
Henry Ford admired Lincoln's down-to-earth, frontier character. The image of Lincoln as the "rail splitter" is central to that theme - it emerged during the 1860 Illinois Republican nominating convention when Lincoln's cousin emerged with a banner constructed of rails split by Lincoln and the audience went wild. Henry Ford acquired a group of rails said to have been split by Abraham Lincoln.