Lincoln Funeral Car postcard   Save
Lamson Brothers Department Store Records
Description: Postcard of the Lincoln Funeral Car, Souvenir 42nd National Encampment G.A.R., 1908. The car illustrated on this card was built for President Lincoln. Myron H. Lamson, the father of the Lamson Brothers and an enlisted mechanic, served as assistant foreman during the construction of this car and the remodeling to receive the President's remains. The photograph was in the Lamson family for 43 years. The postcard was printed by the Lamson Brothers' Company, Toledo, 1908. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04711
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
Places: Lamson Brothers Department Store Records