Springfield, Illinois

Stereoscopic, cabinet size photograph of the National President Abraham Lincoln Monument in Springfield, Illinois. A full standing statue of President Lincoln on a pedestal is the central figure. He is flanked by statues of an artillery group and a cavalry group, and a tall stone obelisk rises up behind and above Lincoln. A large ornately designed base with stairs leading up to a platform rounds out this impressive monument to our 16th President. Imprint on the front mount, 'Entered by John Carroll Power, in 1883, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." The descriptive label on the reverse of the card has been damaged, lifted off, from an old period mounting. Wear to the edges of the front of the card mount with some paper lift off, chipping and age toning. 4 1/2 x 7. The images are sharp and clear. The front of this oversized cabinet card stereo view displays very well. Desirable image of the burial place of President Abraham Lincoln and his family. Mary Todd, and three of their sons are buried within the tomb. The only Lincoln that is missing is Robert Todd Lincoln, their eldest son, and a Civil War veteran. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Trivia: Located in Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System. More than 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres.

The Lincoln Tomb, is the final resting place of our 16th President Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their sons, Edward, William and Thomas. It is located in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, in Springfield, Illinois.
In 1874, upon completion of the memorial, which had been designed by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Lincoln's remains were interred in a marble sarcophagus in the center of a chamber known as the "catacombs," or burial room. In 1876, however, after two Chicago criminals failed in an attempt to steal Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom, the National Lincoln Monument Association hid it in another part of the memorial, first under wood and other debris and then buried in the ground within the tomb. When Mrs. Lincoln died in 1882, her remains were placed with those of Abraham Lincoln, but in 1887 both bodies were reburied in a brick vault beneath the floor of the burial room.