A city in sorrow

Photograph of the funeral arch erected in Chicago, Illinois, after the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. A crowd gathers at the railings near Lincoln's casket.

Publication date: 1929-10-20

Size: 15.8 x 19 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1865

Subject(s):

• Funeral rites & ceremonies--Illinois--Chicago--1860-1870
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death & burial
• Presidents--United States--1860-1870
• Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Illinois--Chicago--1860-1870

Genre(s):

• Documentary photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 20, 1929), Picture Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Historical society