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Abraham Lincoln

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Christopher George

Mathew B. Brady (1822-1896), [Abraham Lincoln], May 16, 1861, (2009.15.1) PM, February 12, 1941, p.1 Tichnor Bros., Inc., [Freedom], Stefan Lorant Collection Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was born on this day 211 years ago.

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“And what is reason? and what is love? and what is life?”

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Christopher George

George Frank Edgar Pearsall, [Walt Whitman], September 1872 (24.2004) Walt Whitman, Song of the Exposition, 5. You shall see hands at work at all the old processes and all the new ones, You shall see the various grains and how … Continue reading →

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“the government of the people, by the people, and for the people”

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Christopher George

John F. Jarvis, Washington Inaugurated first President of the U.S., ca. 1890 (2012.45.48) Washington Inaugurated first President of the U.S. New York, April 30th, 1789. The principles figures in the panel are portraits [of] John Adams, Vice President stood on … Continue reading →

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“Ah! what tales might those pictures tell if their mute lips had the power of speech!”

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Christopher George

G.F.E. Pearsall, [Walt Whitman], September 1872 (24.2004) Attributed to J. C. Tarisse, [Walt Whitman], ca. 1869 (2010.41.3) “W. always objected to sending out these pictures because the photographer has immodestly painted the cheeks. N.J. 1908” (Written on verso) Whitman disapproved … Continue reading →

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Conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal – Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln, now and forever

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Christopher George

Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co., [Union Nominations, Campaign poster], 1864, Stefan Lorant Collection [Union Nominations, Campaign poster], 1864, Stefan Lorant Collection [“Fear Not Old Abe Is Ours,” Campaign Axe], 1860, Stefan Lorant Collection Mathew B. Brady, Abraham Lincoln, Washington D.C., … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Christopher George

Mathew Brady (1822-1896), [Abraham Lincoln], May 16, 1861, (2009.15.1) Thomas McAvoy (1905-1966), [Marian Anderson and her mother on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after her Easter concert, Washington, DC], April 9, 1939, (1083.2005) Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), [Lincoln Memorial, Washington, … Continue reading →

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Pocket Photographs: The Carte-de-Visite Revisited

Posted on December 27, 2011 by fansinaflashbulb

Abraham Bogardus, Jubilee Singers, ca. 1876 Mathew B. Brady; published by E. & H.T. Anthony and Co., [Edwin Booth and his daughter Edwina], 1865 Broadbent & Phillips, [Unidentified Union Soldier], ca. 1862-65 Charles Eisenmann, The Original Eliophobus Family: Rudolph Lucasie, … Continue reading →

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