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[Tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04102.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 4.3 cm, Width: 3.7 cm Order a Copy

Campaign tintype of Lincoln for the election of 1864. In bronze colored metal frame. Printed on reverse is, "Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. Firm to maintain and defend the Union." Photography studio's name is obscured but address is New York.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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