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[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Summary
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 29)
Original photograph (an ambrotype?) probably by Roderick M. Cole, Peoria, Illinois, or Preston Butler of Springfield, Illinois.
The Library's print is a copy of the original photo.
Ostendorf, no. 14
Meserve, no. 14
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 28-29.
Tags
Date
01/01/1858
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
