One Family’s Obsession with Lincoln’s Portraits: Members of the Kunhardt family have been collecting photos of the 16th president since the mid-19th century. They’re the subject of a new HBO documentary.
Is This a Real Deathbed Photograph of Abraham Lincoln?Shane Mettlen reported last year on a photo Ernestine Glessner found in a flea market. Glessner sued Surratt House Museum director Laurie Verge for defamation after she wrote “This is no more a photo of Abe Lincoln than it is of me” on the museum’s website. A federal judge in West Virginia dismissed the case in December 2013.
Glessner’s photo.
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington: A 2009 feature by Ernest B. Furgurson (with photos that, sadly, appear to have vanished) about places other than Ford’s that figured in Lincoln’s time in the capital.
Booth’s Deringer pistol. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith/courtesy Ford’s Theatre.
Lincoln’s pockets contained two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a pocket knife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, a sleeve button, and a brown leather wallet containing a $5 Confederate note. Image courtesy the Library of Congress.
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
A Guide to the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s Assassination
Events, background reading, and a picture that may or may not show the president on his deathbed.
Abraham Lincoln was murdered 150 years ago Tuesday night. Here’s a selection of Lincolnia from Washingtonian‘s archives.
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
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