Flags and Prints from the Abraham Lincoln New York Funeral Procession

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NATIONAL TREASURES
Abraham Lincoln Flags and Prints
from the New York Funeral Procession
1865
ZFC2160 Departure of the President’s remains from Jersey City Train Station depicts ZFC0616 on 16 April 1865. Read more ZFC0276 37 Star U.S. commemorative flag placed upon the casket of President Lincoln for a Mrs. Caughlin by Honor Guard Sgt. Joseph Stevy, April 1865. Read more
ZFC2161 Funeral Procession passing 5th Avenue Hotel. Note the private display of flags, April 1865. Read more ZFC0616 35 Star U.S. Flag from Jersey City Depot depicted on ZFC2160, the flag flew as remains of President Lincoln arrived and departed, April 1865. Read more
ZFC0988 37 Star U.S. Flag displayed privately in NYC for Lincoln Funeral by Mr. Charles Black, 125th St, April 1865. Read more ZFC2159 Arrival of the remains of President Lincoln in NYC from Jersey City, NJ, April 1865. Read more
Lincoln lying in state in NYC City Hall Dome—the only known image of Abraham Lincoln in death, April 1865; as shown in the book (ZFC2737) Twenty Days, on page 162, by Dorothy and Phillip Kunhardt. Original image in Illinois States Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois.
ZFC2162 Remains of President Lincoln in the Dome of NY City Hall, April 1865. Read more ZFC2157 Arrival of the remains President Lincoln on Catafalque in front of NY City Hall, April 1865. Read more
ZFC1241 34 Star Flag of Albany Depot the next stop where remains were viewed, April 1865. Read more
ZFC2158 View of City Hall with US, NYC & NY State flags in Mourning, April 1865. Read more ZFC0617 36 Star Grand Luminary Mourning Flag, Black crepe added for Abraham Lincoln Funeral, April-May 1865, and never removed. Read more