SJR: Museum gives details: Collectors loan items for Lincoln display

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"Abraham Lincoln's deathbed is part of an unprecedented collection of artifacts that will make up the first temporary exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum.

Four other collections from around the country also are loaning items, many of which will be leaving their collectors for the first time. They will be shown in the museum's 3,000-square-foot gallery space.

"Some of these items have never been together since the night Lincoln was assassinated," said William Snyder, the museum's registrar.

In 1920, the Chicago Historical Society bought Lincoln's deathbed from the estate of Charles Gunther, a wealthy Chicago candy maker. The bed became a centerpiece at the historical society."

Interesting article for the history buffs out there.