The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death almost never survived ... 1865, his widow, Mary Todd Lincoln, explicitly banned shutterbugs to preserve the privacy of the solemn moment.

The Allen County Public Library is paying homage to the Lincolns this month. A temporary exhibit examines Mary Todd Lincoln’s ...

“His death was the most crushing affliction ... The Lincoln family in 1861 (from left to right): Mary Todd, Robert, Tad, and Abraham Lincoln Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ...

Gurley, had told her. Gurley also said he broke the news to Mary Todd Lincoln, the first lady, "in the parlor below." How then to explain Death of Abraham Lincoln, the well-known 1868 oil painting ...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Mary Ann Todd was born into a large ... who was Abe’s fiancée for a short time, following the 1835 death of Ann Rutledge. To his surprise and mortification, she rejected ...

The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death almost never survived ... 1865, his widow Mary Todd Lincoln explicitly banned shutterbugs to preserve the privacy of the solemn moment.