Object Details
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Garfield, James A.
- Description
- Black silk cloth used to drape over Lincoln’s coffin while his body lay in state in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 28, 1865. The same cloth later covered the coffin of President James A. Garfield, who in 1881 became the second president to be assassinated. The date of April 25, 1865 on the pall's label is incorrect. Lincoln's body lay in state in Cleveland on April 28, 1865—on April 25, Lincoln's funeral train was in New York.
- Gift of the Lake County Historical Society, 1962
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Lake County Historical Society
- associated date
- 1865-04-25
- 1881
- ID Number
- PL.242158.10
- catalog number
- 242158.10
- accession number
- 242158
- Object Name
- coffin cover
- Physical Description
- black (overall color)
- fabric, sateen (overall with fringe material)
- Measurements
- overall: 142 in x 62 in; 360.68 cm x 157.48 cm
- associated place
- United States: Ohio, Cleveland
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mourning
- Record ID
- nmah_523981
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-4230-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
