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Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait [ambrotype], Harrison [cabinet card]. [October 1858 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0634 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1858/10 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 16.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "H. W. Fay- This photograph was taken directly from an ambrotype taken at Mon Mouth Ills for which Mr. Lincoln sat on Oct 9th 1858. 2 days after the great Lincoln Douglas debate at Galesburg. Clarke E[illegible] Galesburg Ills Oct 10th 1905." Notation on verso: "533." Impression of "Harrison 20 Main St. Galesburg, Ill" under image.

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