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Lincoln life mask gains status in Canandaigua museum
Geneva April 13 Lincoln life mask, one of three known, is a prized Ontario County Historical Museum exhibit in Canandaigua. The plaster cast, once owned by New York attorney William G. Raines, later passed to his brother John Raines and then to the museum, is praised as a genuine likeness with distinctive facial planes and features.
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Geneva
N. Y
Ontario County Historical Museum
Canandaigua
Abraham Lincoln
Government Museum
Washington Rea
Passendon O . Ha Rlett
Boston
New York
Wilson MacDonald
Wiliam G. Raines
John Raines
State Senate
Senator Raines
Society
Mr. Lincoln
Ike Clay
Webster
Lincoln
Bartlett
Paris
France