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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln's Springfield home

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0033 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 1860's ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 5.9 x 9.6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "President Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Ills." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographer, Springfield Ill."

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