[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]
Summary
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velvet ribbon after Lincoln's death.
Ostendorf, no. 91 (detail)
(PR 17 CN 541.4)
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998.
Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
Tags
Date
01/01/1865
Contributors
Berger, Anthony, photographer
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.