Lincoln’s top hats were not always of the same design. At his first inauguration in 1860, he wore the lower silk plush hat that had by that time come into fashion.

President Abraham Lincoln’s top hat; Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Transfer from the War Department with permission from Mary Lincoln, 1867. At 6’4” tall, President Abraham ...

April 15 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. Across the country, there will be numerous remembrances and celebrations of his leadership during the Civil War, recognition of ...

And one of his iconic top hats—the one he wore (which was 7 to 8 inches tall) to Ford’s Theatre the night of his assassination—is a permanent piece of the Smithsonian collection. 3. Lincoln ...

The foundation has never publicly acknowledged that the hat may not have been Abraham Lincoln’s. But a 2013 report by officials at the Chicago History Museum and Smithsonian, ...

Anyone with a 3-D printer can now make a replica of our woolly mammoth skeleton. Smithsonian Digitization Program Office. Few objects better convey the toll the Civil War took on Abraham Lincoln ...

At 6’4” tall, President Abraham Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand out even more by wearing high top hats. He acquired this one from Washington hat maker J.Y. Davis.

The foundation has never publicly acknowledged that the hat may not have been Abraham Lincoln’s. But a 2013 report by officials at the Chicago History Museum and Smithsonian, ...