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[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, taken in Pittsfield, Illinois, two weeks before the final Lincoln-Douglas debate in Lincoln's unsuccessful bid for the Senate, October 1, 1858]
Summary
Photograph showing Abraham Lincoln taken in Pittsfield, Illinois, after delivering a speech.
Case: Leather; Angel design.
Ostendorf, no. 10
Meserve, no. 12
A laterally reversed reference copy is in PRES FILE - Lincoln, Abraham Meserve no. 12.
Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 22-3.
Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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Date
01/01/1858
Contributors
Jackson, Calvin, active 1858-1882, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
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