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Creator Role

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Description

The black and white snapshot photograph depicts the ruins of a building in Elizabethtown, Kentucky where Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Johnston were married on 2 December 1819.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

1 3/4 X 3 1/4 inches

Inscription

verso, handwritten in ink: Elizabethtown, Ky - / Where Thos Lincoln & / Sarah Bush Johnson / [w]ere married verso, handwritten in pencil: [WINTER] PROC / PACE 32 PHO 2 [2 enclosed in a circle] verso, stamped at center beneath writing: THE FOTO FINISHING / LABORATORIES / BOONEVILLE, IND. / [?]

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Family; Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston, 1788-1869; Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851

Work Type

photograph

Class

photos

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

5272

Digital ID

FVW_05272

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Elizabethtown, Ky - Where Thomas Lincoln & Sara Bush Johnston Were Married

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