First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln’s opera glasses and case were found in the Presidential Box following her husband’s assassination. These were turned over to police, but the glasses were returned to the finder as a souvenir of the event.
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Title: Opera Glass Case
Opera glass case, Closed
Location: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Subject Keywords: First Lady, US First Lady, Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln's Wife, President Lincoln's Wife, Mary Todd Lincoln's Opera Glass Case, Presidential Box, Police, Souvenir, Lincoln Assasination, President Lincoln, US President, Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 1865