Rare Lincoln Artifacts

· Tad Lincoln’s original rocker

· 1860 campaign memorabilia

· Mary Lincoln’s mourning veil

· Blood-stained piece of Laura Keene’s dress

· Assassination clock from Ford’s Theatre

· Lincoln lap desk and much more …

 

Further Details

(610) 435-1074 ext. 13

j_youngken@lchs.museum

National Abraham Lincoln Exhibit

Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

“Now Showing”

Through September 2007

Abraham Lincoln & the Promise of America

Consulting Scholars include:

Dr. Barry Schwartz

University of Georgia

Dr. Michael Gray

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Edwin Baldrige

Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Dr. Edward Steers

Leading authority on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Garrera

President, Abraham Lincoln Group of New York

Sarah Rauscher

Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland

Jill Youngken

Curator of the Exhibit

Major Artifacts provided by:

Lincoln College Museum

Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Springfield, Illinois

Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site

Washington, D.C.

Prominent Private Collections

Endorsed by

Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

432 West Walnut Street

Allentown, PA 18102

Once in a Lifetime Museum Exhibit!

Major Art Exhibition by Nationally Acclaimed

Lincoln artist Wendy Allen

Major Funding Provided by: The State of Pennsylvania, The Century Fund, and The County of Lehigh, Pennsylvania