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The Emancipation proclamation – Historic Print

The Emancipation proclamation, c1863 March 26. — historic print
The Emancipation proclamation, c1863 March 26.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Emancipation proclamation comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few subjects from the Civil War era were reproduced as widely as the Emancipation Proclamation, and this print takes that document as its title and theme. President Abraham Lincoln issued the final proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate-held territory free and opening the way for Black men to enlist in the Union army. Printmakers and publishers quickly turned the moment into patriotic and commemorative images, often showing Lincoln at his desk. The record's dates are unverified, but a Copyright Office notation and a January 1864 stamp suggest the print was registered in the months after its likely 1863 creation.

Created / publishedc1863 March 26.
Medium1 print.
Notes130 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Haugg, L. [Written]. Jan., 1864 [stamped]. Check card and 500 fields.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,118 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110253

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