Berger, Anthony, fl. 1864 [Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln]

GLC02910.01

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GLC#
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Type
Images
Date
1861/02-1864/02
Author/Creator
Berger, Anthony, fl. 1864
Title
[Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 cabinet card Height: 17 cm, Width: 11.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The cabinet card has Brady's imprint on the recto and verso, and is a variant of O-92 without the table and with Lincoln's lower hand cut-off (see Ostendorf p. 176). The negative was taken by Anthony Berger and is the basis for Lincoln on $5 bill (until 2008).

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