| An interesting photo to say the least. The date is incorrectly listed as 1900 since RRPA will not accept a date prior to that. The photo was actually marked 1898. A note on the back of this photo states "Union Pacific - The "Lincoln Car". At Union Pacific exhibit, Trans-Mississippi Int'l Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898. Built at Military Car shops, Alexandria, VA, 1864, to meet Pres. Abraham Lincoln's specifications. Was used for his funeral at Springfield, ILL, 1865. Was bought by U.P.RR in 1966." A conflicting story has the car being sold to Twin City Rapid Transit Company President Thomas Lowry in 1905 who was going to restore it for display. Lowry died before he could restore the car and it was passed to the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs which kept it in Columbia Heights near the intersection of 37th Ave NE and Jackson St. In 1911, the Federation planned to move it for exhibit. Months before the move, a grass fire erupted March 18 and engulfed the car. Only photographer marking was "RJA". |