Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
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Lincoln sat for this portrait in the last months of his life, and the stereo card format tells us it was made for the popular market of the day. Stereo cards were viewed through a stereoscope, which fused two slightly offset images into a single three-dimensional scene, and they were sold in large numbers to households across the North. The albumen silver print carries the title "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States," reflecting how his office was printed on images of him even as the Civil War neared its end in early 1865. Portraits like this one helped shape how the public pictured a president who was then guiding the country toward reunion.
| Created / published | c. February 1865 |
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| Medium | fascimile size negative of entire stereo, photographic print on stereo card, albumen silver, 8.2 x 17.1 cm. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 769 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-P-2 |
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