White House photo during Lincoln mourning

[Rhatkinson]

This picture is new to me and may be new to some of you as well. It is from the White House Journal that the WH Historical Society puts out. There is no specific date (other than 1865), but based upon the fact that mourning colors are only partially up/down on the windows, it is BELIEVED to be a photo taken on the last day that Mary Lincoln lived in the White House. The buggy shown is believed to be the one that took Mary, Tad, and Elizabeth Keckley to the train station.

It's a haunting picture.

Heath