The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

6 CDVs, many related to Abraham Lincoln, his Springfield home, and funeral. Images in varying conditions though most feature some toning and spotting, with wear to mount edges and corners. Comprising:

Home of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. Uncredited. View of Abraham Lincoln's house, elaborately decorated for the funeral with flags and foliage. In the foreground is Lincoln's horse, “Old Bob” (also known as “Old Robin”), wearing a funeral blanket specially made for the event. He is positioned next to African American men, believed to be Reverends Brown and Trevan. Several men and children stand behind them.

Reverend Henry Brown (1823-1906) was born into slavery in Raleigh, North Carolina, and later gained his freedom as an adult in Indiana. He became an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church in 1846 and participated in the Underground Railroad during the 1840s. He notably took part in the 1853 Illinois Colored Convention, and made Springfield his home in 1855. It was in Springfield that he met Lincoln and began doing odd jobs for the Lincoln family. After the President's assassination, Brown was asked to lead the beloved "Old Bob" in the funeral procession, positioned directly behind the hearse. 

[With:] President Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Ills. Springfield, IL: F.W. Ingmire. View of Lincoln's home draped in mourning. -- Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Ills. With "Photographed by W.B.H. Colt" written in the negative. Boston: Black & Case. -- CDV, two men standing in front of Lincoln's Springfield home. Uncredited. -- CDV of what appears to be B.R. Lyons' photo gallery draped in mourning, with men gathered together on the first and second levels of the building. Montrose, PA: Lyons. -- St. Clement's Church -- Philadelphia, Christmas, 1863. Philadelphia: John Moran, photographer, McAllister & Bro., publisher. An interior view of garland draped around the altar of the church.