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[printed later], October 1, 1858 — historic photograph
[printed later], October 1, 1858. Historic photograph from the Lincoln collection.

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Pittsfield, a small town in western Illinois, is the setting for this 1858 portrait of Abraham Lincoln, made during his campaign for the U.S. Senate against Stephen A. Douglas. The photograph was taken two weeks before the final debate between the two men, held at Alton on October 15. Lincoln lost the Senate contest when the Illinois legislature voted in November, but the campaign raised his national profile and set up his 1860 presidential run. This print is a later gelatin silver copy of an earlier ambrotype by Calvin Jackson, a glass-based process popular in the 1850s.

Created / publishedOctober 1, 1858
Mediumphotographic print, gelatin silver
NotesAbraham Lincoln: Two Weeks Before Final Lincoln-Douglas Debate In Lincoln's Unsuccessful Bid For The Senate, Pittsfield, Illinois. From ambrotype by Calvin Jackson
Original scan4,063 × 5,057 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceL-P-1

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