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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) has now made more than 1,000 high-resolution photos of President Lincoln and his life available online. It ...

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 ...