Copyright: 09.14.1 Lincoln, Abraham, April 10, 1865
Name/Title
Lincoln, Abraham: Photo Postcard (large), Photo taken April 10, 1865
Entry/Object ID
AM2009.14.1
Description
Lincoln, Abraham: Photo Postcard (large), Photo taken April 10, 1865.
Photograph by Alexander Gardner, made in Washington D.C., on April 10, 1865, just four days before President Lincoln's death. The President is holding a pencil in his right hand and his glasses in his left had. This is one of this last photographs.
The day before, Palm Sunday, General Robert E. Lee had surrendered.
This photo is identified as Meserve No. 97, taking its name from Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962) of New York, the distinguished collector who devoted the major portion of this life to the collecting and identification of all known Lincoln photographs.
