This class includes photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This class includes daguerreotypes, tin types, cabinet cards and many others.
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Photograph of Old Meeting House, Hingham, Massachusetts
Copy photo; Old Meeting House in Hingham, Mass (also known as the Old Ship Church or First Parish). Accompanied by documentary information.
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Chuck Levitan with Artwork "Lincoln Split"
Photo of artist Chuck Levitan standing in front of his series of Abraham Lincoln portraits entitled Lincoln Split.
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Edward Carroll in Costume as Abraham Lincoln
The photograph depicts Edward Carroll in costume as Abraham Lincoln. The object was originally owned by collector Herbert Fay.
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Abe the Acrobat
Lincoln National Life Foundation and Matthew Somerville Morgan
The print is a reproduction of a political cartoon originally published in the November 1862 edition of Fun magazine. In the cartoon, Abraham Lincoln is shown dressed as a patriotic acrobat and hanging upside down on acrobatic rings in front of a cheering crowd. His proper left foot hangs on a ring labeled 'Emancipation.' Seated in the balcony, a less-impressed crowd made up of European royalty (Austria, England, France, Italy, and Spain) look on with disdain. The print is organized and stored in a black album with other reproductive prints.
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Abraham Lincoln Statue
James Myers
The color image depicts a close-up shot of an unidentified statue of Abraham Lincoln. It is affixed to a gray mount board.
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Photograph of George H. Harlow and Associates
Copy photo; George H. Harlow and others. Harlow resided in Lincoln's Springfield Home from 1869 to 1877.
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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln Wax Figure
The color photograph depicts a was figure made in the likeness of Abraham Lincoln seated onboard an airplane.
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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Anthony Berger
The object is a photographic reproduction of an Anthony Berger portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. [Ref; ML, O-23.]
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Photograph of Canal Scrip Valued at $100
Lincoln National Life Foundation
A photograph of a canal scrip used during the building of the Illinois Michigan and Canal dated 1 November 1842. In 1939, the canal commission lacked funds to pay laborers. These scrip were issued to contractors to pay laborers and could be traded in for money once funds were available.
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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln Artwork
Color photograph of a piece of Abraham Lincoln artwork. It features an image of Lincoln standing at the center of a log cabin room as seven other individuals look on the scene.
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Photograph of Illustration of Abraham Lincoln Composing Document
Color photographic reproduction of an illustration of Abraham Lincoln composing a document. A Union soldier stands in the background.
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Installation of Abraham Lincoln Norwich Political Banner
In the photograph, three men are shown installing a red silk political banner in a display case. The political banner features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and was created to welcome Lincoln to Norwich, Connecticut during the 1860 Presidential Campaign.
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Photographs of Letters to Wife from William, April 14-15, 1865
Five photographs depicting a color image of three letters written to an unidentified woman (only referred to as "My Dear Wife") from an unidentified man (only referred to as "William"). In the letters, the writer describes witnessing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Waterfront Park - Hartford, CT - 2006
Image of statues of Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. These statues are a part of a series of fifteen that stand along the riverfront of Harfort, Connecticut.
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Abraham Lincoln, Washington 1863
Alexander Gardner
The mounted photograph (possibly a salt print) features a black and white image of a seated Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln sits with his proper right leg crossed over his left and with his hands folded in his lap. To his proper left side, a book rests on a small table. The portrait was taken on 9 August 1863 by Alexander Gardner in Washington D. C. [Ref: O-73.]
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Photograph of Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Black and white portrait of Abraham Lincoln accompanied by a description of the book The Face of Lincoln by James Mellon.
