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Lot 222

Sale 6356 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Jun 18, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$244
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[LINCOLNIANA] Group of 3 Lincoln mourning items, comprising:


Abraham Lincoln mourning card featuring embossed relief image of a tombstone. "In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America." Approx. 3 1/2 x 5 in. (light soil, wear, adhesive residue on verso). Lincoln's birth and death dates appear at center of tombstone, below which is a quotation from his Second Inaugural Address "With malice towards none, with charity for all." Base of tombstone reads in Latin "Requiescat in Pace." N.p., [1865].

Abraham Lincoln mourning card featuring embossed relief image of a pedestal. "In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America." Approx. 4 3/4 x 3 in. (light soil, wear, adhesive residue on verso). Lincoln's birth and death dates appear at center of pedestal, below which is a quotation from his Second Inaugural Address "With malice towards none, with charity for all." N.p., [1865].

[With:] In Memoriam / Abraham Lincoln. 4 x 2 3/8 in. printed CDV-size memorial card featuring a portrait of Lincoln at center, surrounded by a black mourning border, with Lincoln's birth and death dates in the lower margin. Possibly of a later period.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Ephemeral Americana and Historical Documents

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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