[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chicago, Illinois – Antique Print
![[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chicago, Illinois, 1854 Oct. 27 [printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d626d481fdad-L.webp)
(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 [Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chicago, Illinois. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chicago, Illinois
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Taken in Chicago in October 1854, this portrait shows Abraham Lincoln while he was campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate. The Kansas-Nebraska Act had reopened the national debate over slavery's expansion that year, and it drew Lincoln back into active politics after a few quiet years out of office. The original image was a daguerreotype, the dominant portrait process of the 1850s, and it survives at the Chicago Historical Society. This gelatin silver print was made much later, from a copy of that early image, so it preserves the look of a mid-century campaign portrait.
| Created / published | 1854 Oct. 27 [printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Gelatin silver prints 1900-1960. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 18-19. |
| Subjects | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,012 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111651 |
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