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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Mammoth platinum print enlarged & printed by Ayres from Hesler negative

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04347 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: [Springfield]; Philadelphia Type: Photograph Date: 1860/06, 1897 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 56 cm, Width: 52.1 cm Order a Copy

Ayres's copyright blindstamp has been made twice in the image. Inscribed, signed and dated by Ayres in ink on the reverse: "Copyright, 1897. Enlarged from the original negative owned by Geo. B. Ayres, Artist, Philadelphia." Ostendorf 26. The negative was made in Springfield on 6/3/1860 by Alexander Hesler. George B. Ayres bought the studio with contents. The photograph has been sepia-toned.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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