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[Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat] – Historic Photograph Print

[Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat] — historic photograph
[Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat]. Historic photograph 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat]

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What sets this portrait apart is its headgear, which the catalog describes as a *supposed* triangular campaign hat. That qualifier signals a tentative identification, so the hat is worth studying with some caution. Triangular hats were linked to the 1840 presidential campaign, which suggests a political setting, though the record does not confirm one. The sitter, Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee Democrat, was elected vice president on the 1864 National Union ticket with Abraham Lincoln, became president after Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, and survived impeachment by one vote in 1868. The caption card records no date, so the sitting itself cannot be placed precisely.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,150 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129088

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