Scholars and enthusiasts alike believe this portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address, to be the best photograph of him ever taken. Lincoln’s character was notoriously difficult to capture in pictures, but Alexander Gardner’s close-up portrait, quite innovative in contrast to the typical full-length portrait style, comes closest to preserving the expressive contours of Lincoln’s face and his penetrating gaze. Photograph taken by Alexander Gardner, 1863.

Title: Abraham Lincoln an inventor Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

Title: Abraham Lincoln at home Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print : albumen.

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Title: Key to Powell & Co's. photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin and the Senators and Representatives who voted "aye" on the resolution ... to amend the constitution of the United States so as to prohibit slavery Passed in Senate, April 8, 1864. Passed in House of Representatives, Jan. 31, 1865. Abstract/medium: 1 print : etching on paper mount ; sheet 30 x 24 cm, mount 31 x 25 cm.

Title: Abraham Lincoln's childhood home (Lincoln log cabin in Lincoln Museum) on display at the 1904 World's Fair.

Title: Pueblos bring first protest since Lincoln Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.

Title: Room interior in Abraham Lincoln's home, Springfield, Illinois Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on cream paper : pencil ; 6.1 x 10.9 cm. (sheet).

Expresses strong opinion that he and a majority of those in the Union feel that the Rebellion cannot be put down whilst slavery is protected; there is no future in slavery. Title: Letter signed Henry T. Blow, Washington, to Sir [Abraham Lincoln], August, 12, 1862

Title: Former residence of Pres[iden]t Lincoln, birthplace of Robt. Lincoln / S.M. Fassett, Photographer, Chicago. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in. (image), 16 x 17 1/4 in. (mount)