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1866 ca.
Unknown
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)
GLC02912.02.01
1864 February
Berger, Anthony (fl. 1864)
[Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln]
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...
GLC02910.01
circa 23 September 1858
German, Christopher S. (fl. 1858)
[Cased daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln]
Quarter-plate daguerreotype by Christopher S. German, probably taken from an albumen on or about 23 September 1858. Original leather case with 2 hooks intact. Three-quarter view of Lincoln, beardless and seated, at the time of the Lincoln-Douglas...
GLC07088.01
9 February 1864
[Photograph of Abraham and "Tad" Lincoln]
Photograph of A. Lincoln and his ten-year-old son "Tad" reading. (with tax stamp on back). An enduring popular image of Lincoln and his youngest son. This informal joint portrait, taken in Brady's Washington studio, features Lincoln seated with a...
GLC00206.02
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on patriotic card
Small cameo sized albumen prints of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington appear side by side in ovals decorated with stars. The Union shield appears below the photographs. An American eagle holding a scroll perches over two American flags above...
GLC05111.02.0031
March 1861
H. W. Fay
Portrait photo of Abraham Lincoln [cabinet card]
The image shows Abraham Lincoln, turned slightly to his left. Inscription on verso: "An Historical Treasure . . . . " followed by a lengthy explanation of the provenance of the photo. The image was taken in Springfield, Illinois just before Lincoln's...
GLC05111.01.1328
February 1865
E & H.T. Anthony (firm)
Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
Photograph taken February 1865. President Lincoln is wearing a dark coat, vest, bowtie, and white shirt. Printed on the verso of the card: "prominent portraits no. 2969" Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., American and Foreign Stereoscopic...
GLC07734
November 1863, 1910 ca.
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner [later print] [O-77 detail]
Detail of Alexander Gardner's famous November 8, 1863 portrait, reprinted about 1910 by Jason Rice. Ostendorf O-77 Head detail (p. 145). Labelled "no. 36." Accompanied by a photograph of Jason Rice's attestation of authenticity (in collateral file)...
GLC00245
5 February 1865
Portrait of Lincoln, O-115
O-115. Imprint on recto "Abraham Lincoln Pres't U. S. Entered according ti Act of Congress, by Alex. Gardner, in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "25," "O-115,"...
GLC05111.02.0028
John Carbutt Photographer
President Lincoln's Grandaughter
Possibly Robert Lincoln's eldest daughter Mary Lincoln, born 1869. Ink inscription on verso "Miss Lincoln At 8 mos." Photographers imprint on verso: "Jno Carbutt Photographer, No 24 Washington Street, Chicago."
GLC05111.02.0066
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