Wisconsin Family Albums & Photographers' Imprints and Biographies 1800s to early 1900s

Wisconsin Family Albums & Photographers' Imprints and Biographies 1800s to early 1900s
Author: Scott W. Raether
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2013-10-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 148365172X

Scott W. Raether enjoys collecting family albums containing cabinet cards, cartes de visite or cdvs, and tintypes. An amateur researcher or genealogist always hoping to run into ancestors and discovering new photographers from 1800’s to early 1900’s. He has enjoyed filling the void in the history of photography in Wisconsin and would greatly appreciate more information on photographers and the family albums contained in this book.

Stealing Lincoln's Body

Stealing Lincoln's Body
Author: Thomas J. CRAUGHWELL
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674029976

On the night of the 1876 presidential election, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. Craughwell returns to this bizarre, and largely forgotten, event with the first book to place the grave robbery in historical context. This rousing story of hapless con men, intrepid federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens offers an unusual glimpse into late-nineteenth-century America.