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Sunday, January 11, 2015

View of Abraham Lincoln’s House Surrounded by Supporters During His 1860 Presidential Campaign in Springfield, Illinois (1860)

 The sign that the supporter is holding up on the right reads “Won’t you let me in, Kansas.”

Close-up of Lincoln (tall man in center) surrounded by his supporters.
View of Abraham Lincoln’s house surrounded by supporters during his 1860 presidential campaign in Springfield, Illinois, August 8, 1860. Lincoln is the tall man in white standing to the right of the front door. By William A. Shaw. From Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

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View of a Crowd Outside of the Chicago Convention Center Known as the Wigwam Which Was Built For the Republican National Convention of 1860 Where Abraham Lincoln Was Nominated to be the Republican Party Presidential Candidate (1860)


View of a crowd outside of the Chicago convention center known as the Wigwam which was built for the Republican National Convention of 1860 where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as the Republican Party presidential candidate, c. 1860. It was a temporary wooden structure that could hold around 12,000 people. Photograph by Alexander Hessler.

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