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[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

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[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...

"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More

[Hagelberg portrait of Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

39.5 x 31.5 cm. Mounted on 57 x 47.3 cm. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Military on Broadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows soldiers on Broadway, men in trees and crowds lining the street, probably during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, April, 24 or 25, New York City, N.Y. No. 345. Publisher attribution base... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Ostendorf, no. 29 Meserve, no. 27 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 49.

[Zorn & Co. portrait of President Lincoln]

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Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad

Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad looking at album. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Political chart. Presidential campaign, 1860

Campaign broadside presenting portraits and platforms of all candidates as well as portraits of the 15 previous Presidents.

History of the negative. Original and best picture of Abraham Lincoln.

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Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

President Lincoln & cabinet / lith. of J.H. Bufford.

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing right, at center, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, clockwise from top, "Simon Cameron, Secy. of War", "Salmon P. Chase, Secy. of the Tre... More

Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

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President Lincoln's farewell address to his old neighbors.

Surrounded by black mourning border.

[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph

Case: Leather framing scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lincoln in oval border decorat...

Addressed to Miss Sarah Sparks, Lanesboro, Susqa. Co., Penn.; postmarked Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a pla...

Also shows Abraham Lincoln standing behind General Scott and next to Edwin M. Stanton, inscribed over them: War Department. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.... More

[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph

Case: Thermoplastic mourning pendant with floral arrangement and ribbon reading "In memory of." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

Lincoln- "I'm sorry to have to drop you, Sambo, but this concern won't...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, in a life preserver labeled "Union", on a storm tossed sea, pushing away an African American man who had been clinging to him; next to them floats a hat with papers labeled "Fremont... More

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

President Lincoln of battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex....

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln at Antietam, Maryland, on Friday, October 3, 1862; Lincoln is posed standing by a chair and facing McClellan with other Union Army officers grouped outside a tent. From left to ... More

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam. Ostendorf, no. 66 Meserve, no. 43. Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in th... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More

Uncle Abe--"Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler--"Yes, U...

Cartoon showing President Abraham Lincoln leaning around a door, his left arm extending toward General Benjamin Butler, shown full-length, facing slightly right, standing with carpet bag labeled, "Butler N.O." ... More

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, three-quarter length ...

An image from this sitting was the basis for the engraved portrait on the five dollar bill used from 1914 to 2007. Photographer Anthony Berger worked at the Brady Gallery in Washington, D.C. Ostendorf, no. 92 M... More

Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...

Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

[Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, three-quarter length...

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Abraham Lincoln, 16th president. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left

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Abraham Lincoln President of the United States signing the Emancipatio...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, full length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding quill pen in right hand and papers of the Emancipation Proclamation in his left hand resting on the edge of a table, on ... More

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left

This is a copy negative made from a photographic print. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is av... More

[Abraham Lincoln] / Union card picture, made by George F. Ayer, photog...

Photograph shows portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Anthony Berger taken February 9, 1864 and reproduced by George F. Ayer in 1864 or later. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:202). Purchased from: Rex Sta... More

Last moments of President Lincoln. Washington, D. C., April 15th, 1865...

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Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his...

Meserve #97. Ostendorf #116. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Reference prints are in the PRES FILE: Lincoln, Meserve no. 97. Acquisition sour... More

White-house review, Washington, D.C.

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image: Tents of light artillery; Maj. Gen Andrews and staff. Inscribed within image as indicators: White smoke; All grass. Inscribed lower left. Figures larger to be... More

The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

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City Point/65--"Good god, you goin to shake with me, Uncle Abe"

Abraham Lincoln offering his hand to Union soldier, City Point, Va. Drawing by Charles W. Reed. Illus. in: Civil War sketch books / Charles W. Reed. Vol. 1, folio 110 verso. Charles W. Reed Collection.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

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Abraham Lincoln as a father. [Portrait of Lincoln and Tad.]

'Yours truly A. Lincoln' [facsimile signature]. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C., 1865 - David E. Herold, one of the Lincoln assassin...

David E. Herold, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative available for use: LC-B817-7786

Washington, District of Columbia. Crowd at President Abraham Lincoln's...

Title based on similarity to image in: Lloyd Ostendorf. Lincoln's Photographs (Dayton: Rockwood Press, 1998), p. 200-01. Title from Civil War caption books misidentifed image as Grand review of the army. Captio... More

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

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Washington, District of Columbia. Crowd at President Abraham Lincoln's...

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Lincoln's body lying in state in the East room White house

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.715) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 6 May 1865, p. 280-1 Exhibited: "With Malice To... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Crowd at President Abraham Lincoln's...

Title based on similarity to image in Lloyd Ostendorf. Lincoln's Photographs (Dayton: Rockwood Press, 1998), p. 200-01. Caption from negative sleeve misidentified image as: Inauguration of President Grant. Cred... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Crowd at President Abraham Lincoln's...

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Certificate of service Max Rosenthal

Print shows a certificate to certify that someone served as a volunteer in the "Volunteer Army of the United States in obedience to the call of A. Lincoln, President to suppress the Southern Rebellion of 1861."... More

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 3.]

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[Washington, D.C., 1865 - Michael O'Laughlen, one of the Lincoln assas...

Michael O'Laughlen (also spelled O'Laughlin), half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, wearing hat, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative ... More

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

R. Esterbrook & Cos. Lincoln Pen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paper wrapper for a box of R. Esterbrook's Lincoln Pen showing a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right, above laurel boughs and American flags. 734 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of C... More

[Waugh portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

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Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Reports; 186...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Reports; 186...

Lincoln and the drummer boy, [Knapp portrait].

The boy advanced and with bowed head and timid accents said I have no Mother, no Father and bursting into tears-Nobody cares for me.

The Council of War - Public domain monumental decor print

Photograph shows statuette by John Rogers depicting Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in a grouping. Copyrighted by John Rogers in 1868.

The great national memorial / C. Inger.

Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More

Union army and naval officers. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Abraham Lincoln and one hundred military officers in uniform, identified by name and rank at bottom.

Union commanders With compliments of the Travelers Insurance Company.

Photographic montage shows Abraham Lincoln surrounded by Admiral David G. Farrugut, General William T. Sherman, General George Henry Thomas, General George Gordon Meade, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Joseph... More

Chain of events in American history - from the discovery of the wester...

Print showing scenes of American history from the landing of Columbus to the 1876 Centennial with portraits of presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, along with their tombs. 2561 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the pec... More

[An Interior view of the original Lincoln cabin showing the old firepl...

23552W U.S. Copyright Office. From Kimball Hall Studio, Chicago. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Bixby, with bust-length portrait ...

Print shows a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln above a letter that he is thought to have written to Mrs. Bixby on the loss of her sons in the Civil War.

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Photo shows Lincoln in a print made from a negative taken by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Lincoln said of this portrait: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever... More

History repeats itself / Dalrymple., Confederate States of America.

Print shows, at center, William Jennings Bryan labeled "16 to 1", standing on a platform "Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate", holding up a paper that states "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federa... More

History repeats itself / Dalrymple ; J. Ottman Lith. Co., N.Y.

Cartoon showing on the left, William J. Bryan holding paper, "We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities, in local affairs, as a violation of the Constitution, etc." as he faces Tillman, Altgeld,... More

Emancipation proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, freeing the sl...

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[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

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The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alex. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Date printed on photo is Oct. 4, but the photo was probably ... More

[Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg]

Photo is a reprint of a small detail of a photo showing the crowd gathered for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Penn., where President Abraham Lincoln gave his now famous speech,... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait]

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'Sixty-one and nineteen-nine - who will march to set us free? / K.

Illustration shows a large gloved hand labeled "Plutocracy" with a design showing the U.S. Capitol emerging from dark clouds to crush a group of citizens with its thumb; on the left, in the clouds of the past, ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln posed with Union officers and soldiers duri...

Photograph shows, left to right, Buck Juit, a soldier; Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln's bodyguard (seated); Ozias M. Hatch; Marcy; Reeves; General McClernand; President Abraham Lincoln; General Fitz-John Porter; Gene... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Oversize, 1830-1850; General correspondence and re...

The Lincoln memorial tablets in Springfield, Illinois. A History with ...

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[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, traditionally called "l...

Copy of photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo in Lincoln's last photo session from life was long thought to have been made on Apri... More

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, as well as four military officers. Clockwise, from top: "Gen. Scott, H. H... More

Gideon Welles Papers: Miscellany, 1777-1911; Correspondents other than...

Gideon Welles Papers: Miscellany, 1777-1911; Niles, John M.; Miscellan...

Gideon Welles Papers: Miscellany, 1777-1911; Financial, government, an...

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1783, Fe...

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1865, Ja...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; School exer...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Article, "How I Became Secr...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Roll book, ...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Legal notes; Unbound; Undat...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; General; 18...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Photographs, undated

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Autobiography, undated

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

[Campaign print for Horace Greeley], engraving, Library of Congress

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Merinsky.

Gideon Welles Papers: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; 1842,...

Gideon Welles Papers: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; 1829,...

Gideon Welles Papers: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; 1813,...

Gideon Welles Papers: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; 1837,...

Gideon Welles Papers: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; 1820,...