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Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Phillip & Solomons – Historic Photo Reproduction

Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Phillip & Solomons, February 5, 1865 — historic photograph
Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Phillip & Solomons, February 5, 1865. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

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A window into the past: Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Phillip & Solomons, preserved in this historic photograph. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Phillip & Solomons

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This carte de visite shows Abraham Lincoln in a studio portrait credited to Alexander Gardner, who is identified on the mount as photographer to the Army of the Potomac. The Washington firm Phillip & Solomons sold the card, which is printed on albumen paper and mounted in the small format that was popular during the Civil War. Images like this were widely bought and traded, so many people saw Lincoln's face through cards like it. The date of February 5, 1865, falls within a month of Lincoln's second inauguration, a period when his portraits were especially in demand.

Created / publishedFebruary 5, 1865
Mediumphotographic print, albumen, on carte de visite mount, 10 x 6 cm.
Original scan3,757 × 6,177 px · prints to 13 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceL-P-34

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