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Lincoln casting
Volk, L.W.1860
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Fremont, United States
bronze cast of Abraham Lincoln's hand, molded in clay by L.W. Volk at Springfield, IL, in 1860. Fingers are closed around a tubular object. Where wrist ends, an engraving reads "A Lincoln, fecit 1860, L W Volk"
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Details
- Title: Lincoln casting
- Creator: Volk, L.W.
- Date: 1860
- Physical Location: Hayes Presidential Center
- Provenance: Legend has it that the object is a cut off broom handle.
- Type: artifact
- Original Source: http://www.rbhayes.org
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