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Earliest known daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln (1846) |
March 6, 1865 Final photograph in life |
Photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Mathew Brady on January 8, 1864 |
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The photograph Victor David Brenner used to make his bas-relief for the 1909 Lincoln Penny |
The president with his son, Tad Lincoln, in 1864 |
Lincoln ambrotype taken in Springfield by Preston Butler on August 13, 1860 |
Lincoln ambrotype taken in Beardstown, Illinois, by 18-year-old Abraham Byers on May 7, 1858 |
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Samuel G. Alschuler, the photographer, lent Lincoln his coat for this 1858 ambrotype taken in Urbana, Illinois |
1858 ambrotype of Lincoln taken by Calvin Jackson in Pittsfield, Illinois |
1858 ambrotype of Lincoln taken by William Judkins Thomson in Monmouth, Illinois |
1858 photo of Lincoln attributed to Roderick M. Cole of Peoria, Illinois |
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The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death: Jeremiah Gurney, Jr. took the photo on April 24, 1865, as President Lincoln lay in state in City Hall in New York |
Abraham Lincoln at Antietam |
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Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg |
Mathew Brady took this photo of Abraham Lincoln hours before Lincoln gave his Cooper Union Address on February 27, 1860 |
Abraham Lincoln photograph taken by Anthony Berger on February 9, 1864; used for the new $5 bill |
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Abraham Lincoln meets with General George McClellan at Antietam on October 3, 1862 |
Alexander Gardner took this photo of Abraham Lincoln on Sunday, February 5, 1865 |
Alexander Gardner took this photo of Abraham Lincoln on Sunday, November 8, 1863 |
Oil painting of Abraham Lincoln by artist and sculptor Richard R. Miller |
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Photograph of President-elect Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner at Mathew Brady's gallery in Washington on February 24, 1861 |
Lincoln photo taken by Mathew Brady on Friday, January 8, 1864 |
The first photo of Abraham Lincoln after he started growing his beard. Taken by Samuel G. Alschuler on November 25, 1860. |
Abraham Lincoln at Antietam |
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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on Sunday, February 5, 1865 |
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Early 1865 photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Lewis Emory Walker |
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Mathew B. Brady photo of Abraham Lincoln probably taken in Washington on April 6, 1861 |
The last photograph of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield. It was taken February 9, 1861, by Christopher Smith German |
Known as the "tousled hair" pose; photo taken by Alexander Hesler in Chicago on February 28, 1857 |
Photograph of Lincoln by Mathew B. Brady on Friday, January 8, 1864 |
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Ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln taken by Amon T. Joslin in Danville, Illinois, about May 27, 1857 |
Taken by Polycarp von Schneidau in Peoria, Illinois, on October 27, 1854; the original daguerreotype was lost but image resurfaced in 1858 |
Ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln taken by T.P. Pearson in Macomb, Illinois, on August 26, 1858 |
Photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Samuel M. Fassett in Chicago on October 4, 1859 |
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Abraham Lincoln photographed with his secretaries, John Nicolay (left) and John Hay (right) |
Abraham Lincoln photographed holding his glasses and a newspaper on August 9, 1863 |
Abraham Lincoln photograph by Anthony Berger on February 9, 1864; used for the old $5 bill |
Abraham Lincoln photograph by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860 |
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Abraham Lincoln photographed by Mathew Brady in 1861 |
Abraham Lincoln photographed by William Marsh in Springfield on May 20, 1860 |
Abraham Lincoln photographed by Edward Barnwell in Decatur, Illinois, on May 9, 1860 |
Abraham Lincoln photographed by Alexander Gardner less than two weeks before the Gettysburg Address |