. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . ths was around the back stove of the Corneau-DillerDrug Store, located on the east side of the Public the summer months, Lincoln and his cronies lined upon the sidewalk in front of the store. Here Lincoln and his friends swapped yarns, arguedpolitics, and occasionally made purchases, according tothe business ledgers (still extant) which show variousentries to the future Presidents account. An article entitled Loafing with Lincoln by WayneC. Temple, which appeared in the Summer, 1961 issueof the Lincoln Herald, provides a scholarly and exhaus-t
. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . ths was around the back stove of the Corneau-DillerDrug Store, located on the east side of the Public the summer months, Lincoln and his cronies lined upon the sidewalk in front of the store. Here Lincoln and his friends swapped yarns, arguedpolitics, and occasionally made purchases, according tothe business ledgers (still extant) which show variousentries to the future Presidents account. An article entitled Loafing with Lincoln by WayneC. Temple, which appeared in the Summer, 1961 issueof the Lincoln Herald, provides a scholarly and exhaus-tive study of this mercantile establishment, along with aphotograph of Roland Weaver Diller, one of the propri-etors. As loafing at Dillers was a daily happy interlude inLincolns life, artists have attempted to capture in im-aginary scenes some of the events that transpired Hambridge drew two illustrations for Ida M. Tar-bells Billy Brown stories, which feature the drug storeand its proprietor. The chief character in the Tarbell. From the Lincoln National Life Foundation This original pen and ink sketch by Lloyd Ostendorfdepicts Abraham Lincoln with Roland Weaver Diller inthe Corneau-Diller Drug Store. The original sketchmeasures 11% x 15 /£• Note the druggists scale in thepicture. In the Foundations photographic files are to befound exterior and interior views of the Corneau-DillerDrug Store as 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
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