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White House photo during Lincoln mourning
01-07-2014, 12:43 PM
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RE: White House photo during Lincoln mourning
I wonder if the coachman who is pictured is Francis Burke, who drove the Lincoln's to Ford's?

Note also the rampway leading out of the East Room window just beside the carriage. This is actually evidence that the picture may have been made when the bunting was being put UP (not down), as those ramps were used to allow people to exit the East Room after Lincoln's funeral and lying in state. Still, it may still have been in place when Mary left.

   
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White House photo during Lincoln mourning - Rhatkinson - 01-06-2014, 05:41 PM
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