Image: Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print
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Description: 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.
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The following 10 pages link to this image:
- Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln
- Battle of Jonesborough
- Historical rankings of presidents of the United States
- List of presidents of the United States
- Military leadership in the American Civil War
- President
- Presidents' Day
- Reconstruction of the United States
- Unionist Party (United States)
- White Americans
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