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Abraham Lincoln

Creator:: Shepherd, Nicholas H.
Location:: Springfield, Illinois
Date of Original:: 1846
Description:: CDV, Abraham Lincoln, beardless, seated; earliest known photograph of Lincoln, taken soon after his election to Congress in 1846
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Category:: Photographs

Format of Original:: Daguerreotype
Item ID:: LN-0239
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: LN-0239.tif
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only