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Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861 The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01262 Author/Creator: Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 1860 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 6 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Whipple, John, 1784-1866

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