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DC Public Library, Special Collections

The Washingtoniana collections at DC Public Library Special Collections document Washington DC local history including the social, cultural and non-federal political life of the district's people, neighborhoods, organizations, and institutions. Collections include the photograph and manuscript collections of the DC Community Archives, the DC Punk Archive, the Washington Evening Star photo morgue, newspapers and periodicals, oral histories, rare books, ephemera, maps, and more.

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Contributed Responses

President Lincoln's Funeral March

"President Lincoln's Funeral March"

Document from 1865

Important Order from D.C.

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

"Mourning Badge"

Newspaper from Apr. 17, 1865

"Meeting of Colored Citizens"

Newspaper from Apr. 17, 1865

"War Department report"

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

Removal of the President's Body

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

"Death of the president"

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

The Dying Moments of President Lincoln, at Washington, Saturday Morning, April 15

The Dying Moments of President Lincoln

Lithograph from April 1865

Remembering Lincoln

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-10-13-0274-13.