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DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Lincoln's Carriage:

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Description of Pictures: Lincoln's Carriage
March 23, 2015 – May 25, 2015
A special display of the carriage that transported the President, Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865; on loan from the Studebaker National Museum.
The open barouche model carriage was built by Wood Brothers in 1864 and presented to Lincoln by a group of New York merchants shortly before the president’s second inauguration. Clement Studebaker bought the vehicle from F. B. Brewer of New York, who had acquired it from Robert Lincoln, the president’s son, who sold it shortly after his father's murder.
The carriage is on view in conjunction with Ford’s Theatre’s hallmark exhibition Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination, displaying a collection of items that were in the Theatre or carried by Abraham Lincoln the night of his assassination.

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1. SIAHLC_150405_05.JPG: Studebaker and the Lincoln Carriage: Lnicoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, sold the carriage to a close family friend on May 11, 1865. Clement Studebaker purchased the carriage for the company's private collection on August 20, 1890. It was shipped to Chicago and immediately placed on exhibit at the Michigan Avenue Repository. The carriage also was displayed at several fairs and expositions, including the 1893 World's Fair. In 1966, the Studebaker Corporation donated its entire thirty-seven-vehicle collection to the City of South Bend, Indiana. The carriage resides there today -- a highlight of the Studebaker National Museum's growing collection. Presidential Carriage: Barouche around 1860-1865 President Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary, and their guests, Clara Harris and Major Henry Rathbone, rode in this carriage to Ford's Theatre to attend the performance of Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865 -- the night that Lincoln was assassinated. This display is in conjunction with the Ford's Theatre exhibition Silent Witness: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination. It is displayed here at the National Museum of American History through a partnership commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination.
2. SIAHLC_150405_19.JPG: Setting the Scene: April 1865: General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865. Throughout the North, people celebrated the success of the Union and the inevitable end of the war. On the evening of April 13, Washington was aglow with torch-lit celebrations and illiminations on every building. With the war's end in sight, the Lincolns decided on the morning of April 14 to treat themselves to the final performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre that evening.
3. SIAHLC_150405_39.JPG: Abraham Lincoln's Barouche Build form tulip poplar by Wood Brothers of New York, this carriage features black leather seats, solid silver mountings, a folding top and self-acting retractable steps. It was originally finished in dark green with black trim. Burgundy striping with a yellow outline accented the suspension and wheels. Abraham Lincoln's "AL" monogram is located on each door. A barouche is a shallow, four-wheeled carriage with an elevated box seat in front for the driver and double passenger seats facing each other. Barouches were typically drawn by a pair of horses and used for leisure driving through warmer months.
4. SIAHLC_150405_61.JPG: The Assassination April 14, 1865 Around 10pm, John Wilkes Booth opened the unguarded door to the Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre and slipped inside. As the theatre filled with laughter, Booth aimed his deringer pistol at Abraham Lincoln's head and fired. As Booth turned to flee, Major Henry Rathbone, one of the president's guests, leapt from his seat and attempted to stop the assassin. Booth slashed at him with a knife and jumped onto the stage below. Brandishing his dagger, Booth yelled "Sic semper tyrannis," -- "thus always to tyrants" -- and fled out the backstage door. The theatre erupted into chaos. The president was carried across the street to the Petersen boarding house. At 7:22am on April 15, Lincoln died from his head wound.
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