Section of wooden siding from the Lincoln Homestead in Springfield, Illinois, measuring approximately 19″ x 3.5″x .5″, with an affixed attribution label, "From The Lincoln Homestead, Springfield, Illinois," signed in ink by the home's custodian, Mary Edwards Brown, the grandniece of Mary Todd Lincoln. Also includes a scarce 3 x 2.25 trimmed carte-de-visite photograph of Abraham Lincoln with his son, Tad, standing outside of their Springfield home, originally taken by J. A. Whipple in the summer of 1860. The photograph is mounted to a larger sheet, identified below in ink: "President Lincoln Residence, Springfield, Ill." In overall very good to fine condition. A remarkable pairing of Lincoln pieces associated with his pre-presidential life in Springfield, Illinois, where he got his start as a lawyer and politician.
