Abraham Lincoln
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Creator: Hesler, Alex
Form/Genre: Glass plate negative
Date: 1860
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln from original negative made shortly after the presidential election in November, 1860, by Alex Hesler of Chicago, at Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois. One of two negatives acquired in 1936 by the Smithsonian Institution. At this time Lincoln did not have his beard.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 20
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1860
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2002-32257
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Glass plate negative