1865, abraham lincoln

Fraternité universelle. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by allegorical figures including Faith, Hope, Charity, Architecture, Wisdom, Harmony and Force and historical figures. Reference copy also available in PRES. FILE - Lincol... More

The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin o...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Lincoln's funeral. [Harper's Weekly illustration.]

From Harper's Weekly, May 13, 1865, p. 296-297. Photographed by Brady.

Southern tombstones; an inside view of Dixie. Taken by our "Special Ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape, ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas)...

Photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from life was long thought to have happened on April 10, 1865, but more recent resea... More

Death and burial of Abraham Lincoln [Cut of Abraham Lincoln A nation m...

Poem of four stanzas.; 2582 E 8 12 Jy 46.; Rec. 7-18-46.; $6.00.; 5-31-46 pv; Goodspeed; 398 217; DCM 10 5-13-46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images a... More

The assassination of Pres Lincoln 1865

Sketch of bookstore with bunting. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed right of image: Treason has done his worst / Ey [sic] high. Inscribed left of image: 332. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.152) ... More

President Lincoln's funeral - burial service at Oak Ridge, Springfield...

Wood engraving after sketch by W. Waud. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 9 (1865 May 27), p. 329. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velve... More

Mourning badges. Four mourning badges worn at the funeral of Abraham L...

Transcript of handwritten item: Rosette worn at A. Lincoln's funeral in Washington, D. C. by James J. Christie, Sergeant at arms in Capital at that time.

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

T. M. Jacks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 13, 1865 (Affairs in ...

Building Erected for the reception of the body of the President at Cle...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed vertically left margin: House where the first subscription to the "Boston Liberator" was got up. Inscribed above image: I have made the flags drooping it was raining hard ... More

Lincoln's funeral - Public domain scan / drawing

Four separate rough sketches. Drawing shows the public receiving vault at Springfield Oak Ridge Cemetry, Illinois, for the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln, May 4, 1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Hist... More

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...

Photograph from the last formal portrait sitting, Feb. 5, 1865, in Washington, D.C. "One of five poses taken by Gardner ten weeks before the President was assassinated." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 219) On mount: En... More

Charles Mantey to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, April 09, 1865 (Seeks offi...

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Lincoln's assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, is goaded by a hideous Mephistophelian figure to shoot the unsuspecting President, who is visible in a theater box beyond. Booth stands erect, his left arm behind hi... More

[Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Unidentified man, arrested on suspicion of...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, w... More

[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

Photographs of Senators who voted "Aye" on the resolution submitting t...

Montage showing individual portraits of senators surrounding a larger portrait of Abraham Lincoln. No. 2. Source unknown.

Granville Moody to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 27, 1865 (Appointme...

[Engine "Nashville" of the Lincoln funeral train]

Photo shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad engine, with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on the front. The engine was one of several used to carry Lincoln's body from Washington, D.C., to Spri... More

Military on Broadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows soldiers on Broadway, men in trees and crowds lining the street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, New York City, N.Y.

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated, with pencil and specta...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Ostendorf, no. 116-D. Meserve, no. 97-A (Version of #97, touched up to highlight pencil and glasses) Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's phot... More

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

The Library has prints of two versions of Lincoln holding his spectacles: an 8x10 inch print from "Emily Tinker positive" and a carte-de-visite-size print. Both are copies of a photo taken by Alexander Gardner ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol of Illinois, no. 26 - An old photo of a building with a clock ...

Photograph shows the Illinois State House draped with black and white mourning cloth for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in text and pi... More

The true peace commissioners. - Public domain weapon print

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abraham Lincoln and his pall bearers, April 20, 1865.

Indicates which bearers are deceased.

Emancipation proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, [G. R. Russell].

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seisure and death of the murderer Wilkie Booth.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldier's memorial. Company G. - Public domain broadside, Library of C...

History and roll call of Company G. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Golden sayings of Abraham Lincoln.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ford's Theatre, scene of the assassination

"765" below photo. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support... More

We mourn! Our chief has fallen!

Surrounded by a black mourning border. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, District of Columbia. Crowd at President Abraham Lincoln's...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The question settled - Print, Library of Congress collection

Caricature showing cat, Jefferson Davis, leaving bowl in which is a white cat labeled Old Abe; another cat, labeled contraband, is standing behind. No. 655.

[Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft and staff, responsible for...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Left to right: Capt. R.A. Watts, Lt. Col. George W. Frederick, Lt. Col. William H.H. McCall, Lt. D.H. Geissinger, G... More

President Lincoln and his son Thaddeus. The last photograph the presid...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with Tad standing; against a painted backdrop. Another negative: LC-B337-11. Ostendorf, no. 114 (variant) Meserve, no. 96 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a comple... More

The Union soldier's discharge certificate

Blank soldier's discharge certificate, with head-and-shoulders portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, and George Henry Thomas. Currier & Ives : a catalo... More

In memory of Abraham Lincoln: a funeral march by John K. Paine.

Plate/Publisher number: 508

Elizabeth E. Hutter to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 08, 1865 ...

[Room interior in Abraham Lincoln's home, Springfield, Illinois]

Drawing shows table and pictures on wall; sketched at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's burial in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2010) Title... More

Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865 / E.B. & E.C. Kellogg ; F.P....

Print shows Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by large group of men, each identified on the print. No. 259. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.

The body of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Lying in state at t...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0651.

Washington and Lincoln. The father and the saviour of our country

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln shaking hands in front of monument, on which is an eagle and shield, and on top of which is a flame. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research. Detr... More

"Lincoln's Funeral," Philadelphia / taken by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) G...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's casket conveyed by funeral car through the crowd on Broad Street in Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in... More

Owen House - Public domain architectural drawing

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.567 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, phot...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Funeral obsequies of the late Pres't A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 2...

"Entered according to Act of Congress, by J. H. Studer ...1865 ... Ohio." "Filed July 9" 1865" penned at bottom of print.

Lincoln inkwell; a gift from Charles D. Proston.

A gift from Mary Lincoln Isham to the Library of Congress in 1937. Made of sterling silver from Poston's mine. Impressed or otherwise affixed on the inkwell: Abraham Lincoln. Charles D. Posten, Arizona 1865. Di... More

Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865 (Joint Resolution Submitting 1...

The 25th of April 1865 in New York

Print showing the funeral car and procession for President Abraham Lincoln in front of City Hall on April 25th, 1865. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Am... More

Abraham Lincoln's last reception / Hohenstein.. American Civil War 186...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln & Mary Todd Lincoln greeting Union generals, Cabinet members, & others at a reception. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" the Library... More

A close up of a statue of a man with a beard, North America, free to u...

A bronze bust of a man with his eyes closed, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lincoln and his generals. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Abraham Lincoln sitting on a rock talking with his generals, from left: Admiral Porter, Admiral Farragut, Lincoln, Sherman, Thomas, Grant, and Sheridan. Entered according to Act of Cong... More

[Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sketches of details of bunting for Lincoln's funeral]

Drawing of architectural details. Relates to President Abraham Lincoln laying in state at the Illinois statehouse in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency... More

[Whatley portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Two copies. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fire Department of Philadelphia mourning announcement.]

Printed in gold on a black background; oval portrait of Lincoln in brown and tan.

Abraham Lincoln / Baker. - Public domain portrait print

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right.

Lincoln [second] Inauguration, 1884 [i.e. 1865]

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. No. 22.

Wanamaker and Brown popular clothing house, Oak Hall, S.E. corner of 6...

Clothing store tag issued by Wanamaker & Brown Clothing House showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing front, in oval, beneath an eagle.

In memoriam, [Nahl & Nagel allegorical representation].

Allegorical representation with portrait of Lincoln and inscription: To Abraham Lincoln, the best beloved of the nation.

[mourning badge], True in life, true in death! Our country mourns the ...

Black bordered mourning ribbon with portrait of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[mourning badge], True in life, true in death! Our country mourns the ...

Black bordered mourning ribbon with portrait of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of marchers in Lincoln's funeral procession proceeding down Broadway away from the viewer. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T Anthony & Co., ... More

Lincoln's deathbed - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed: Welles; Stanton; Doctor Howe; Surg. Genl; Dennson [sic] Sumner; Ass. Surg. Genl Craig; Halleck; Maj. Hay; Genl Meigs. Emboss mark upper left: Bristol Boards. Gift; J.P. Mo... More

The latest photograph of President Lincoln - taken on the balcony at t...

Ostendorf, no. 112 Meserve, no. 93 Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952 Mar. 27. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 214. Exhibited: "Wi... More

[Bedroom, Abraham Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois]

Drawing shows a chest, table, and other furniture. Relates to President Abraham Lincoln burial in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2010)

[Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Lewis Payne, in sweater, seated and manacl...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, w... More

Death bed of Lincoln / A. Brett & Co. 83 Nassau St.

Print shows the interior of a room with Abraham Lincoln lying on a bed surrounded by cabinet members, generals, and family members, from left: William Dennison, Post Master General, Sec. John P. Usher, Sec. Gid... More

Henry G. Blasdel to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 17, 1865 (Teleg...

Christian Raub to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 24, 1865 (Sends e...

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

James T. Brady to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 15, 1865 (Case...

Winfield S. Hancock to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 22, 1865 (Te...

Philadelphia (corner Chestnut Street) / by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) Glo...

Photograph shows a procession following Abraham Lincoln's funeral car on the streets of Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. Inscribed on verso: Lincoln funeral by Glover. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015... More

Samuel J. Randall to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 18, 1865 (Draft...

[President Abraham Lincoln's railroad funeral car] / S.M. Fassett, pho...

Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.

[Parlor, Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois]

Drawings shows many features of the parlor, with inset giving additional details. Relates to the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic... More

[Joseph Hall] to Abraham Lincoln, [January 11, 1865] (Slavery in Mary...

A statue of a man with a beard, North America, free to use, no copyrig...

Bronze head of a man, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Gideon Welles to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 22, 1865 (Sends...

[Washington, D.C. The four condemned conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

Home of Abraham Lincoln - An old photo of a horse and carriage in fron...

Photograph shows a street view Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois draped in mourning on the day of his funeral. A horse stands near a wooden plank from the street to the sidewalk. Copyright May 2... More

White-house review, Washington, D.C.

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image: Tents of light artillery; Maj. Gen Andrews and staff. Inscribed within image as indicators: White smoke; All grass. Inscribed lower left. Figures larger to be... More

Lincoln at home. [Andrew O'Connor portrait of Lincoln and family.]

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln. Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, [Linco...

I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation. Wash... More

Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depicti...

Extracted from Transatlantic sketches; or, Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.

Lincoln's funeral - Public domain scenic drawing

Photograph showing a wagon pulled by six white horses. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1995:149

President Lincoln at home - Public domain portrait engraving

Seated, holding album, with his son, Tad. Illus. from: Harper's weekly. Copyright by F.W. Sumner.

Abraham Lincoln, born on Feb. 12th 1809, died April 15th 1865, martyre...

Memorial print showing a portrait of Lincoln, with beard, beneath an architectural frame printed in gray.

Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, Tuesday, January 31, 1865 (Copy ...

Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description