Wednesday, April 8, 2015

John Flynn Posing With Abraham Lincoln's Horse Named Old Robin on the Day of Lincoln's Funeral in Springfield, Illinois (1865)


John Flynn posing with Abraham Lincoln's horse named Old Robin on the day of Lincoln's funeral in Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865. Flynn had bought Old Robin from Lincoln on January 23, 1861. The unidentified African American man was employed as Flynn's groom. Image from Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

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