Abraham Lincoln's appearance (1889) (14741142146)

Identifier: abrahamlincoxxx00linc (find matches)

Title: Abraham Lincoln's appearance

Year: 1889 (1880s)

Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Foot Footwear

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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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on thesands of time, he certainlycouldnt have known that a set ofAbraham Lincolns footprints ona piece of paper would be a cher-ished possession of a Harrisburger.Such is the case, however, andE. Blumenstine, 32 South Thirdstreet, is the proud possessor offootprints Abraham Lincoln oncemade and signed so he could geta pair of shoes to fit him.* * * 20 YEARS HHHE footprints were made by* Lincoln on December 13, 1864,and showed that his right footwas twelve inches long while hisleft foot was a quarter of an inchlonger. The Civil War President mayhave been suffering from a bun-ion or something like that at thetime, because at one place on theright foot, a slight bulge is shownwith the notation that the widthat that point was eight inchesinstead of seven and a half in«hesless than an inch away. Blumenstine has had the printsfor about twenty years. They weregiven to him by a friend, who hadobtained them from Dr. PeterKahler, the shoemaker to whomLincoln had sent the footprints. Moccasins

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Joke about Lincolns Size Latitude and Lcnflltude. , Lincoln to present J» he ,m„ knistockings a yard ong efl d ; *« herSento be a«^dre«l by aU theheld them «F» to be k yoU, maam r^rmre^yhavenoth. log like them. ftftPrward secre- 1 George Bart** a«^ everybodytary of the trjjjg^ by deClarlng:WO a ^le o ha* ma(le a Very -Well, this lady certai » dg and correct estimate of >oulongitude.

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1889

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