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22 May 1865
Glover, Ridgeway
"Home of Lincoln"
View of front and side of Lincoln's Springfield home decorated in funerary bunting.
GLC05136.45
February 1865
Walker, Lewis E.
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States"
Yellow mount with printed inscription: "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Inscription in ink on verso: "Meserve no. 92, probably by Brady." Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard...
GLC05136.49
8 January 1864
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States"
Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Anthony's Prominent Portraits, #2968. Half length, seated view of Lincoln, with pink tinted face, hands, and chair. [O-84 variant]
GLC05136.34
no date
Wakely, G.D.
"Lincoln's County Seat"
Yellow mount. Shows two men standing on grass looking at a large white house.
GLC05136.48
Anthony, E.
"Mrs. Lincoln & Sons"
White mount. Full length, standing view of Mary Lincoln in between Willie and Tad Lincoln. Stamp of J[?]as. S. Waters, Baltimore, on verso.
GLC05136.19
"Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"
Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.
GLC05136.36
Duboce, Marcel
"Stereoscopic view of Lincoln's Tomb, Negative No.1, Oak Ridge Cemetery"
Yellow mount. View of Lincoln's tomb surrounded by trees.
GLC05136.47
Wilson & Hood
"The Funeral Car, Broadway, New York"
Yellow mount. Shows a crowd gathered around Lincoln's hearse as it processes down the street.
GLC05136.42
25 April 1865
E. & H.T. Anthony
"The Funeral of President Lincoln"
Yellow mount. Anthony's Instantaneous Views, #2950. Aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession en route to city hall.
GLC05136.39
Yellow mount. Anthony's Instantaneous Views, #2950, #2951, #2958. Aerial view of soldiers in Lincoln's funeral procession.
GLC05136.40
Whipple, John Adams
"The late residence of President Lincoln"
White mount. "Home of Abraham Lincoln" penciled on recto. View showing the front and side of the Lincoln home in Springfield. Lincoln and his two sons are standing on the front porch of the house. Two additional male figures in the foreground...
GLC05136.21
circa 1902
Unknown
[A Man! At Last, a Man!]
GLC05139.03.33
circa 1860-1902
[Abbotsford The Garden Front]
GLC05139.03.47
[Abraham Lincoln, cabinet card, standing full length view]
White mount. Standing, full length view of Lincoln with hands clasped in front. Photo from engraving.
GLC05136.32
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, bust view]
Black mount. "15 cts." Penciled on verso. Bust view. [O-55].
GLC05136.04
White mount with blue border. "1200" penciled on verso. Bust view. Same image as #4. [O-55].
GLC05136.05
9 February 1864
Berger, Anthony
White mount. Oval photo of engraving showing bust view. Lincoln's image on the five dollar bill is derived from this portrait. Related to image #13. [O-92 variant].
GLC05136.12
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, half length seated view]
White mount. Half length seated view. Lincoln's image on the five dollar bill is derived from this portrait. Related to image #12. [O-92 variant].
GLC05136.13
24 February 1861
Anthony, E. & H.T.
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]
White mount with black border. "Meserve 72 Feb. 23. 1861. F[illegible], V 55" penciled on verso. Seated full length view. [O-51.]
GLC05136.02
White mount. "Honest Abe" penciled on verso. Seated full length view similar to image #2. [O-53].
GLC05136.03
White mount. Seated, full length view of a contemplative Lincoln. Same image as # 7. [O-60].
GLC05136.06
White mount with orange border. Seated, full length view of a contemplative Lincoln. Same image as #6. [O-60].
GLC05136.07
9 August 1863
Philip & Solomons
White mount with gold border. Seated, full length view. [O-73].
GLC05136.08
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, standing three quarter view]
White mount with gold border. Standing, three-quarter view. [O-86].
GLC05136.09
Brady, Matthew B.
White mount with gold border. Standing, three-quarter view. Lighter, retouched version of image #9, with white background. [O-86].
GLC05136.10
27 February 1860
Brady, Mathew
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]
Three-quarter length, standing view. [O-17].
GLC05136.01
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, view of head only]
White mount with gold border. View of head only. Photo of engraving. [O-91 variant].
GLC05136.11
6 March 1865
Ward, Joseph
[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, vignette bust view]
White mount. Vignette bust view photographed on the balcony at the White House. [O-112].
GLC05136.15
Gardner, Alexander
[Abraham Lincoln, stereo card, seated full length view]
Black mount. Inscription on verso: "Stereo made from two matching carte photos, the originals are from Sid Strober's collection. Copy made by Fred Lightfoot, 1952." Seated, full length view of Lincoln with hat on the table beside him. [O-52].
GLC05136.33
[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated bust portrait]
Gray mount. Numbered "H59" and "28016 Abraham Lincoln" on recto. Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard. [O-103 C and D].
GLC05136.50
[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated half length view]
Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Half length, seated view of Lincoln without pink tinting. Similar to image #34.
GLC05136.35
[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated half length]
Black pressure-sensitive adhesive mount. Half length seated portrait of Lincoln. Modern transparent image of stereocard on plastic.
GLC05136.51
1859 October 4
Fassett, Samuel M. (fl. 1859)
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval albumen print portrait of Lincoln. Ostendorf O-16, which provides dating. Taken while visiting Chicago.
GLC05133.01
1860 June, 1894
Ayres, George B.
With blind impressed stamp at lower right "G.B. Ayres, Copyright 1894." The shirt has been retouched.
GLC04697
Townsend, A.C.
[aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession, stereocard]
Yellow mount. Aerial view of Lincoln's funeral procession.
GLC05136.44
1854
P.E. Gibbs Richard
[Ambrotype of Edward R. Archer]
Cased image of a sailor [probably Edward R. Archer] sitting and holding his cap. Half-length portrait in full, broken case. Stamped in matte: "AMBROTYYPE BY P.E. GIBBS RICHD" and "PATENT JULY 4 & 11 1854".
GLC01896.175
circa 1947
[Bess Truman]
One photograph of Bess Truman circa 1947. Bust portrait of Truman.
GLC08878.1478
circa 1858
Rider (fl. 1858)
[Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln]
Printed from the original lost ambrotype taken by T.P. Pearson (Ostendorf No. O-8) at Macomb, Illinois, 26 August 1858 at the time of the Lincoln Douglas debates. Printed circa 1890. Shows Lincoln beardless. Printed with "Rider, 339 W. Madison...
GLC07094.03
1860 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman]
Inscription on verso reads: Given [to] Aunt Eliza by Judge David Daris[?] of Illinois (Bloomington) who nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency.
GLC02865
[Cain and Abel]
GLC05139.03.15
[Canterbury Cathedral]
GLC05139.03.10
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
[Carte de visite by of Ira Harris]
Signed Ira Harris, New York on mount.
GLC03506
1835 ca.
[Carte de visite of Edward Everett]
Everett was Massachusetts Congressman.
GLC03223.02
1860 circa
Anderson & Co.
[Carte de visite of Edward R. Archer]
Edward R. Archer. Carte de visite, vignette portra. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson & Co.).
GLC01896.183
1848, 1861 ca.
Anthony, Edward (1819-1888)
[Carte de visite of General Robert E. Lee]
Photograph by Anthony, with McAllister & Bro,., Philadelphia logo. Imprint of Snyder, Black & Sturn, NY. Depicts a younger Lee in a retouched Virginia Volunteers uniform.
GLC06752.02
1857-1864 ca.
[Carte de visite of Owen Lovejoy]
Signed carte-de-visite of Radical Republican congressman Owen Lovejoy from Illinois. Lovejoy's Princeton, Ill. homestead was an important Underground Railroad station.
GLC09410
Gault, S.W. (fl. 1850-1860)
[Carte de visite of W. S. Langhorne]
W. S. Langhorne, seated full portrait. Albumen print (Bermuda: S. W. Gault). Inscribed: "Your friend W.S. Langhorne"
GLC01896.184
[carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family]
Carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family containing eleven photographs (#i-xi) and one engraving (#xii).
i. "Death bed of Lincoln." Photo of engraving showing Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, and other political figures gathered...
GLC05136.52
Brady's National Photographic Gallery
[carte de visite, full-length, standing view of unidentified boy]
White mount with gold border. Full-length, standing view of unidentified dark-haired boy in knee pants holding hat, perhaps age 4 or 5.
GLC05136.20
J.T. Reading & Co.
[carte de visite, street scene]
White mount. Street scene with mourning bunting on flag pole and several African Americans gathered in the street. Two signs below the flag read "Republican. Lincoln Lives." And "Union & Liberty," respectively.
GLC05136.22
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