Showing posts with label lincoln. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lincoln. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2016

Ambrotype Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in Danville, Illinois (1857)


Ambrotype portrait of Abraham Lincoln in Danville, Illinois, May 1857. By Amon T. Joslin. Image from the book Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Alleged Photograph of Abraham Lincoln and Another Two Men Inspecting Construction of the United States Capitol’s Current Dome in Washington, D.C. (1861)


Alleged photograph of Abraham Lincoln (left) and another two men inspecting the construction of the United States Capitol’s current dome in Washington, D.C., c. 1861. From the collection of Charles F. Thomas, an engineer who helped supervise the installation of the Statue of Freedom on top of the dome. Image from Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

View of People Posing in Front of Abraham Lincoln's House Draped in Mourning Sometime After Lincoln's Assassination in Springfield, Illinois (1865)


View of people posing in front of Abraham Lincoln's house draped in mourning sometime after Lincoln's assassination in Springfield, Illinois, 1865. The horse is probably one owned by Lincoln named Old Robin.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Two Photographs Taken During President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois (1865)

 


Two photographs taken during President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral when his casket as well as the one of his son, William Wallace Lincoln, was temporarily placed in the receiving vault of Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865. By Samuel Montague Fassett.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

President Abraham Lincoln Animated Stereoscopic Portrait (1865)




Animated stereoscopic portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, February 5, 1865. A recently rediscovered stereoscopic negative which was one of the last photographs taken of Lincoln. By Alexander Gardner or Moses P. Rice.

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