. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . Thus photograph Is o copy of the orlglnoL cropped ondtouched up pLcture that belonged to the Myron HouuLey LomsonLuho ottered the Abrohom LLncoln RoLLrood Cor Into o funeroLcor. V/hy this lugs done Is a big question. This luos not thephoto used on the Lincoln Gor Postcorde. Picture courtesy of the University of Deloujore Lincoln Collection. 4^99 C*««J^ Ao^. The Abraham LLncoLn RaLLroad Funeral Car as It luos photographed atBuffalo,Neuj York on April 27,1865 enroute from V/oshlng ton, D .C, toSpringfield, I lllnols ujlth the remains of the martyred I6th
. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . Thus photograph Is o copy of the orlglnoL cropped ondtouched up pLcture that belonged to the Myron HouuLey LomsonLuho ottered the Abrohom LLncoln RoLLrood Cor Into o funeroLcor. V/hy this lugs done Is a big question. This luos not thephoto used on the Lincoln Gor Postcorde. Picture courtesy of the University of Deloujore Lincoln Collection. 4^99 C*««J^ Ao^. The Abraham LLncoLn RaLLroad Funeral Car as It luos photographed atBuffalo,Neuj York on April 27,1865 enroute from V/oshlng ton, D .C, toSpringfield, I lllnols ujlth the remains of the martyred I6th Presidentof the United States. Aboard also mas the small coffin of Willie LincolniLiho had died several years ago. The Lincoln Car uuos built at Alexandria,Virginia from early November 1863to Mid-November In the Car Shops of the United States Military RailroadCommand on the Orange,Alexandria & Monassa Gap Railroad. It ujos mode of hard ujcods by master railroad car builders. It luas 42 Inches over all and eight ft. six Inches high and Lulde. The fourtrucks mere to provide a comfortable ride. The design mas copied from atypical Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger car of the era. The car cosyapproximately $10,000. A passenger cor of that period cost $3,000. The other car In the picture Is the Veep-Car of the Philadelphia,Wilming-ton and Baltimore Railroad. It mas loned for the funeral b
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