Saw an ad on H2 (more2history - cable) for a new episode of Museum Men being aired this Saturday (12-27) at 10 PM Eastern time zone. They are building a full-size replica of the hearse that carried Lincoln's body in his funeral processions. It is for an auto museum in Sarasota, Florida?

Rick Brown
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(12-23-2014 01:12 AM)historybuff22 Wrote:  They are building a full-size replica of the hearse that carried Lincoln's body in his funeral processions.

I wonder which particular hearse they are building.

For the Springfield funeral, city officials borrowed a hearse from St. Louis.

I saw the add also and will be watching. It does appear they are buildinf a replica of the Springfield hearse.

(12-23-2014 08:24 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  I saw the add also and will be watching. It does appear they are buildinf a replica of the Springfield hearse.

Jim, I tried to find some information on this, and I came upon this short video about the construction of the replica. In the video the commentator says the reproduction will eventually be permanently housed at the ALPLM. Thus, I think this may be a different replica than the one Rick mentioned (if the other one is headed to Sarasota).

It will all unfold on Saturday. Museum Men is an entertaining show. It's about a company that builds replicas for museum exhibits. The story line is something along the lines that they have to construct a full size mastodon for a struggling museum and it has to talk.........and they have seven minutes to do it. Then half way through the project, they realize that they are building a female mastodon and the museum ordered a male. And they always finish and deliver the project in time.

Was it just me, or did the replica the Museum Men created seem much shorter and less ornate than the original?

Rick Brown
HistoryBuff.com
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"Not everything you read on the Internet is true." Abraham Lincoln

I took a screenshot of the replica the Museum Men made.

(12-23-2014 08:24 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  I saw the add also and will be watching. It does appear they are buildinf a replica of the Springfield hearse.

Staab family spearheads re-creation of Lincoln hearse for funeral anniversary

http://www.sj-r.com/article/20150110/NEW...0/BUSINESS