On Sept. 14, 1952, his mother shook him awake at 5 a.m. to tell him that his name was on the front page of The Des Moines Register with a picture of President Lincoln in his coffin.

The time capsule was also rumored to include a rare photo of a deceased President Abraham Lincoln in his casket, based on newspaper accounts at the time of the capsule’s 1887 dedication.

The time capsule was also rumored to include a rare photo of a deceased President Abraham Lincoln in his casket, based on newspaper accounts at the time of the capsule’s 1887 dedication.

RICHMOND — So, no ultrarare photo of President Lincoln in his casket. Not even a trove of pro-Confederate propaganda. But the Robert E. Lee monument time capsule that Virginia historians opened ...

The image is important because “it’s the only photo of Lincoln in his coffin that we know of and it’s the last photograph of Lincoln,” said New York-based Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer.

It’s one of the most famous Abraham Lincoln photographs, largely because no one knew the picture of the dead president lying in an open coffin existed for nearly a century until a 14-year-old ...

Bob Brown - Pool/Getty The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee being removed from its pedestal A time capsule from 1887 is set to be opened following the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue ...

A replica of the casket that carried the remains of Abraham Lincoln is on display Friday Sept. 23 2016 at the State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Inside they found books, money, ammunition, documents, and other artifacts, but speculation regarding the presence of a photo of Abraham Lincoln lying in his coffin proved unfounded.

Ronald Rietveld was a boy of 14 when he made the discovery of a lifetime — the only photograph that exists of President Abraham Lincoln in his coffin.On Tuesday, the retired history professor ...

1887 Time Capsule — Including Lincoln Coffin Photo — Is Being Opened After ... historian and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer previously told the Associated Press that the image is more likely to ...