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Lot 3050

Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Card stock, 7-5/8 x 10-1/2 in., unused, printed on one side only with vignettes of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson between two eagle-topped fasces-style columns consisting of wooden rods; below is a listing of over 150 event "Managers," being a venerable roster of many well-known military and civilian dignitaries of the age; credits in the lower margin include "Designed and Drawn by Braff" and "Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole."

Toned stock; three small scrapes to the left column base and one to the column above; a small chip to the right edge and a 1/4 in. split along the upper right edge. Very good condition.