Near the Illinois Pavilion was the attraction that showcased the life and death of President Abraham Lincoln. As one of the most popular presidents, this display included his Lincoln’s log cabin, a seven foot-long sofa bed, his
funeral car and his mother’s (Nancy Hanks Lincoln- born February 5, 1784), spinning wheels and loom- which were in actual operation.
The single room 15 square-foot cabin was bought by Lincoln’s father for 20 dollars and ten barrels of whiskey. The cabin was moved from Hardin
County Kentucky, where it was reassembled log by log.
The funeral car, which was also the president’s and his cabinet’s official coach during the Civil War, was brought in from the Union Pacific railroad yard in Omaha, Nebraska. It was built by the government at the workshops in Alexandria, Virginia.
Lee Gaskins' AT THE FAIR The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
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