Lincoln's embalmment

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(01-05-2015 06:23 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  I 100% think like Dr. Houmes and I'm afraid I find the Curator's explanation not any bit convincing (nevertheless it's cool to see the gloves in a video, thanks, Roger!), this sounds too far-fetched especially as the gloves really look like thoroughly soaked with blood.
Who was the millionaire Mary gave them to and what did he do with them - did he put them on display?

Hi Eva. On this page it says:

"According to the Chicago Sun-Times, it was considered polite at the time for politicians to wear gloves when greeting citizens. Despite Lincoln's distaste for them, he kept them in his pocket at his wife's insistence. After his assassination, Mary Todd Lincoln likely sold the gloves to wealthy New Yorker Benjamin Richardson due to financial concerns. They then passed through the hands of a number of private collectors before landing in the care of Louise Taper, owner of what the Lincoln Museum calls an "unparalleled private collection of Lincolniana and assassination-related materials."

Also, on this page there is a close view of the gloves including the ability to zoom in and also rotate the gloves.