Mary Lincoln's Purse
date: label: date made
content: 1863
label: associated date
content: 1863
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Mary Todd
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Lincoln's gold evening purse, 1863. Her name and the year were engraved inside the ring.
label: Description
content: Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958
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content: Political History: Political History, White House/First Ladies 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
label: Exhibition
content: First Ladies
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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.278039.02
label: catalog number
content: 278039.02
label: accession number
content: 278039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, vanity
label: Object Name
content: purse
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: satin (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (inside color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall with chain: 7 in; 17.78 cm