Cole, Henry Salt print photograph of Abraham Lincoln, attributed to H. H. Cole or R. M. Cole
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00590 Author/Creator: Cole, Henry Place Written: Peoria, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 1858 ca. Pagination: 1 salt print ; 22 x 17 cm. Order a Copy
Clean-shaven. Oval salt print. O-14 Ostendorf 14 (who suggests attribution to Roderick M. Cole of Peoria), Mellon pl. 8. This picture was widely reproduced in campaign ribbons of 1860. Attributed to Henry H. or Roderick M. Cole. (See also GLC 3950, tintype based on this image.)
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