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Creator Role

publisher photographer

Description

Folded portrait greeting card with envelope. Blank inside. Features black and white photograph of Abraham Lincoln on the front captioned "The Last Photograph of Abraham Lincoln Photography by Henry F. Warren, March 6th 1865" The back gives a brief description of the photograph. Published by the American Scene, copyright 1992.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1992

Measurement

7 inches X 5 1/4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper; mass production

Inscription

recto, bottom center: "The Last Photograph of/ Abraham Lincoln/ Photograph by Henry F. Warren, March 6th 1865" verso, top center: "The Last Photograph of/ Abraham Lincoln/ Photograph by Henry F. Warren, March 6th 1865/ For more than a century, American..."

Subjects

United States--History--1849-1877; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works

Work Type

greeting card

Class

Ephemera

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

see object #7652A

ID

7652

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

The Last Photograph of Abraham Lincoln Photography by Henry F. Warren, March 6th 1865 greeting card

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