Original 1947 AP Wirephoto reproducing historic documents used to establish that the famed "Lincoln bed" in the White House was authentic. According to the original AP caption, President Harry S. Truman announced that the records had been located in government files. One document is a receipt signed by Mary Lincoln listing bedroom furnishings, including the "Lincoln bed," totaling $2,518. Another is an Abraham Lincoln note requesting a $7,500 Treasury warrant for furnishing the President's House. Original AP caption is printed directly along the bottom of the photograph. Period tape remains on the corners. Measures approximately 9½ x 6⅜ inches, with expected age and newsroom/archive handling wear. Came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
