President Lincoln's Presidential Railroad Car, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1865, detail

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President Lincoln's Presidential Railroad Car, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1865, detail

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 2, 2015.

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentAt Richmond, Indiana, a crowd of thousands await the three a.m. arrival of President Lincoln's train

Depicted ContentAbraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Harrisburg and rolls across the Pennsylvania countryside to Philadelphia

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President's car, Alexandria

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Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Collection, Library of Congress

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Cropped from the larger image, also available here.

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