Earliest Lincoln Photo

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(02-07-2015 09:20 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  The earliest city directory listing for a photographer in Louisville, Kentucky is 1851.

According to Mr. Kaplan's research, there was a travelling daguerreotypist present in Louisville during that time period in question. From his website:

"The Place

In August 1841 Lincoln and his friend, Joshua Speed, traveled to the Speed plantation in Louisville, Kentucky. He and Speed departed Springfield for Louisville on August 12, 1841, arriving on approximately August 18th. They departed Louisville on September 7th, passing through St. Louis on their way back to Springfield.

A daguerreotype artist, Mr. T.B. Moore, placed an advertisement in the "Louisville Daily Journal" on August 31st, 1841 to the effect that he would remain a few days at the Ormsby House. Mr. Craig's records included the interesting information that Mr. Moore was a dentist as well as a daguerreian. When I learned this it seemed to me that Louisville and Mr. Moore fit well … because during his stay in Louisville, Lincoln went to a dentist."