. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . well as excellent photographs of the drug-gist and his wife. stories was R. W. Diller who was introduced to herreaders as Billy Brown. Up to date, Ostendorf has made four sketches of theexterior and interior of the Corneau-Diller Drug of these drawings were published in his excellentbook, A Picture Story of Abraham Lincoln, Lathrop, Leeand Shepard Company, Inc., 1962. These same sketcheshave also appeared in the quarterly magazine, LincolnHerald. A fourth sketch depicting Lincoln purchasing drugsfrom R. W. Diller has been drawn by Ostendorf
. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . well as excellent photographs of the drug-gist and his wife. stories was R. W. Diller who was introduced to herreaders as Billy Brown. Up to date, Ostendorf has made four sketches of theexterior and interior of the Corneau-Diller Drug of these drawings were published in his excellentbook, A Picture Story of Abraham Lincoln, Lathrop, Leeand Shepard Company, Inc., 1962. These same sketcheshave also appeared in the quarterly magazine, LincolnHerald. A fourth sketch depicting Lincoln purchasing drugsfrom R. W. Diller has been drawn by Ostendorf primarilyto feature the scale. In executing this drawing, the artistgave particular attention to minute details after makinga study of early photographs taken of the interior of theestablishment. This sketch has never before been pub-lished While the original scale has no direct connection withLincoln, it is a part of the original equipment of the drugstore and was in use during the period when Lincoln wasa frequent visitor or From the Lincoln National Life Foundation Original cast-iron platform scale used in the Corneau-Diller Drug Store when Lincoln was a frequent visitorand customer. The scale measures 12 long, 4 high and5 wide. RALPH G. NEWMAN In This Sad World of Ours,Sorrow Comes to AIT A Timetable for the Lincoln Funeral Train Ralph G. Newman is chairman of the Illinois Commission onthe New York Worlds Fair and was the originator of the ideabehind its Land of Lincoln Pavilion. He is a past presidentof the Illinois State Historial Society (iQjr)-ii)6o) and haswritten numerous books and magazine articles about Lincoln andthe Civil ]\ar. He is also the proprietor of the Abraham LincolnBook Shojis in Chicago, Springfield, and New Salem StalePark, and the author of a weekly newspaper feature, HistoryQuiz/ which appears in the Chicago Sunday 1ribuno; Abraham Lincolns funeral lasted for nineteen were days of deep mourning, dirges, muffled drums,torchlight
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