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Lincoln image - RJNorton - 07-07-2012 06:00 AM

Lincoln enjoyed having his picture taken. For full credit:

1. Who took this picture?
2. In what city and state was it taken?
3. What is the date it was taken?

RE: Lincoln image - J. Beckert - 07-07-2012 07:44 AM

I refuse to google any trivia. Having said that, I believe this was taken in 1858. I think it may have been taken in Decatur, Ill. Unk. on the photographer, but I'll take a shot and say Hessler.

RE: Lincoln image - RJNorton - 07-07-2012 08:06 AM

(07-07-2012 07:44 AM)J. Beckert Wrote: I refuse to google any trivia. Having said that, I believe this was taken in 1858. I think it may have been taken in Decatur, Ill. Unk. on the photographer, but I'll take a shot and say Hessler.

You got 2 of 4 right. The year and state are both correct.

50% without googling is good.

RE: Lincoln image - Joe Di Cola - 07-07-2012 08:23 AM

(07-07-2012 06:00 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Lincoln enjoyed having his picture taken. For full credit:

1. Who took this picture?
2. In what city and state was it taken?
3. What is the date it was taken?

According to Lloyd Ostendorf the ambrotype was taken by Calvin Jackson in Pittsfield, Illinois on October 1, 1858. Lincoln posed at the request of attorney D.H. Gilmer.

RE: Lincoln image - RJNorton - 07-07-2012 08:31 AM

(07-07-2012 08:23 AM)Joe Di Cola Wrote:
(07-07-2012 06:00 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Lincoln enjoyed having his picture taken. For full credit:

1. Who took this picture?
2. In what city and state was it taken?
3. What is the date it was taken?

According to Lloyd Ostendorf the ambrotype was taken by Calvin Jackson in Pittsfield, Illinois on October 1, 1858. Lincoln posed at the request of attorney D.H. Gilmer.

You get a perfect score, Joe. Kudos!

RE: Lincoln image - LincolnMan - 06-12-2013 08:38 PM

Probably my least favorite picture of Abe. My daughter was taken aback when she saw it. She said he looked "evil."

RE: Lincoln image - RJNorton - 06-13-2013 04:18 AM

Here's another one in which I think he looks different. Not evil but "unusual."

RE: Lincoln image - LincolnMan - 06-13-2013 06:06 AM

That picture is better, in my opinion. In fact, I have seen T-Shirts with that image on the front- sometimes with an added pair of sunglasses or something else to make the picture whimsical.

RE: Lincoln image - Eva Elisabeth - 06-13-2013 06:19 AM

Is it allowed to say the first one reminds me of Beethoven? But I don't find it evil, rather it suggests a keen mind.

RE: Lincoln image - Linda Anderson - 06-13-2013 08:18 AM

(06-13-2013 06:19 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Is it allowed to say the first one reminds me of Beethoven? But I don't find it evil, rather it suggests a keen mind.

Perhaps that expression is what Gore Vidal has Seward describe in Lincoln.

Lincoln and Seward are discussing Seward's April 1, 1861 memorandum in which Seward advises the newly elected Lincoln that "we should begin a continental war with the European powers as a huge diversion." Lincoln quotes Seward that "'Either the President must do it himself, and all the while be active in it, or devolve it on some member of his Cabinet.'"

It is during this exchange that "Lincoln looked Seward straight in the eyes. Although the grey eyes were as dreamy as ever, the left lid was drawn higher than usual.

"These are the eyes of a hunter, thought Seward; and he shifted his ground."

RE: Lincoln image - RJNorton - 06-13-2013 11:44 AM

I agree; I am seeing it, too, Linda.

RE: Lincoln image - LincolnMan - 06-13-2013 01:15 PM

Agree.