The Lincoln Car
- Title:
- The Lincoln Car
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Lincoln, Abraham, American (1809-1865), President
- Date:
- 1898
- ID Number:
- 2214.PM0093
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214PM0093_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- Cabinet photographs
Photographs
Advertisements - Materials/Techniques:
- Albumen print
Printing - Subject:
- Cabinet photographs
Advertisements
Politics
Commemoratives
Promotional materials
History
Presidents
Mourning
Railroad cars
Railroads
Marketing
Logos
Exhibitions
Omaha, Nebraska
Deaths
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Measurement:
- 14.2875 x 17.145 (Card) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Photograph contains an image of the railroad car specially made for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The car was used to transport Lincoln's remains in 1865
it was purchased by the Union Pacific railroad in 1866. The photograph was taken at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. The photograph has copyright date cut off. Item was issued in part as an advertisement for the Union Pacific railroad. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.