HB4 - Abraham Lincoln Memorial Box
First Photograph Taken of Lincoln.
Daguerreotype - 1846
Last Photograph Taken of Lincoln.
Daguerreotype -April 24, 1865
Abraham Lincoln Tomb.
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865
16th. President of the United States of America
Original 1865 Engraving
in Walnut Frame.
"Lincoln Family"
F. Schell - Artist
Contemporary 1965 Bust
Edward Schillaci - Sculptor
The box is a Victorian period oak wall case with four shelves and a small drawer on the bottom. The total display consists of the case with Lincoln artifacts, a period 1865 - 36 star flag, a 1865 engraving of the Lincoln family and a bust of Abraham Lincoln. For better viewing, strip lighting has been installed to the inner door.
The artifacts and collectables that I have obtained over time consist of items that will stir the imagination of young and old alike. I love being able to let people hold items that were a part of the living Lincoln. It brings home Lincoln's mortality, and it separates the legend story of Lincoln to the "real" man that existed and is an integral part of our history.
Abraham Lincoln's Hair
The highlight to the collection are six authentic strands of Abraham Lincoln's hair. Provenance of the hair is from the Wright family of Indiana. Joseph A. Wright was Governor of Indiana during Lincolns term as President. Joseph and his wife Caroline were friends to the Lincolns and received the hair as a token of their friendship after Lincoln's first inauguration. The hair is displayed in a sealed pocket watch-like case behind glass. The case is made from gutta-percha, a natural thermoplastic that was first classified in 1843 and widely used in the mid and late 1800s and the first plastic-like material. The case is trimmed with solid silver. The top has an enameled button with the name "Lincoln" with a hanging loop. Attached to the case is a black mourning ribbon with a gold fob with a ruby. Along with the stands of hair is a facsimile signature of Lincoln.
Original Brick From the Lincoln Burial Tomb
This is a brick that was used in the original 1868 construction of the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. The monument, since its construction, has gone through two major reconstructions due to damage from water leakage. The first was in 1900-1901 and the second in 1930-31. Due to an attempt to steal Lincoln's body in 1876, during the 1900-1901 reconstruction, Lincoln's final resting place was moved to a cement enclosed chamber 10 feet below the burial floor of his family. The decision to move Lincoln's body to a more secure place was made by Lincoln's only surviving son, Robert, who was present during Lincoln's reinternment and when the casket of his father was opened to confirm his body. Robert Lincoln saw his father for the first and last time since Lincoln's death. The brick below was removed during the 1930-31 reconstruction while the vast number of other bricks removed were used as filler in other empty foundation chambers of the tomb. This one brick was removed by an assistant custodian of the tomb years later with permission. This is a very sacred and rare artifact in the collection.
Abraham Lincoln's Authentic Handwriting "interested in"
The clipped writing below is from a legal document executed in hand by Abraham Lincoln in 1844. It is only a small sample of his writing but affordable compared to his signature or full documents. A copy of the full document is in the drawer of the memorial box.
Flanking the center picture is an exact copy of a 1860's scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting a full standing Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln - His Book
This is an extremely rare 1901 published "A Facsimile Reproduction of the Original" book, and only book, that Lincoln ever wrote. It's a pocket-sized scrapbook he made, of his opposition to Judge Stephen A. Douglas, on his stance against slavery expansion into new territories and slavery as a moral wrong, during the Senate campaign from Illinois of 1858. The book was compiled by Lincoln -cont...
... and given to a close acquaintance, Capt. James N. Brown, who was a member of the dying Whig Party and was running as a Lincoln Republican for office. The notebook was meant to assist and help Brown, in Lincoln's own words and writing, on Lincoln's new Republican stance on the institution of slavery. The Democratic and old Whig Party were calling Lincoln out as a candidate that wanted complete and immediate full rights for blacks as whites, which was not the case at this moment in his political career. The Lincoln scrap book helped in the explanation of the new Republicans' stance on slavery and assisted Captain Brown on winning his sought position by drawing from the old Whigs and new Republicans. Captain Brown always kept the Lincoln scrapbook by his side. He died in 1868 and upon his death the book was handed down to his sons and future descendants.
Left:
Reproduction 1864 Lincoln Political Campaign Pin and contemporary Lincoln tintype.
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Below:
Authentic Robert Lincoln signature and contemporary tintype photograph.
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Below Right:
Authentic piece of Mary Todd Lincoln Dress Fragment with contemporary tintype of an ambrotype photograph.
Bronze Abraham Lincoln Bust in front of Lincoln Tomb - early souvenir
Sculptor - Gutzon Borglum
Mary Todd
Lincoln
December 13, 1818
to
July 16, 1882
Aged 62 yo.
Abraham &
Mary Lincoln
A colorized photograph of a young Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln. To the right are photographs of their four sons. Oldest to youngest.
The Lincoln Children
1
1
Robert
Todd
Lincoln
1843 – 1926
82 yo.
2
2
Edward Baker
Lincoln
1846 - 1850
3 yo.
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3
3
William Wallace Lincoln
1850 - 1862
11 yo.
