Mary Lincoln's Mourning Scarf Pin
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Mary Todd
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: This gold pin with an image of Abraham Lincoln was among Mary Lincoln’s possessions when she died.
label: Description
content: Mary Lincoln never overcame the tragedies she endured. She came out of mourning on only one occasion, at the request of her son Tad for one of his birthdays. The two were almost inseparable until his death, possibly from tuberculosis, in 1871 at age 18. In 1882, at age 63, Mary died in Springfield, Illinois, at the home of her sister.
label: Description
content: Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lincoln Isham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.219098.06
label: catalog number
content: 219098.06
label: accession number
content: 219098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
label: Object Type
content: Brooch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: head: 1 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 3.175 cm