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Abraham Lincoln 1860 campaign button

Creator:
unknown
Location:
unknown place made
Origin Date:
1860
Materials:
metal
Measurements:
overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.0213
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Three-dimensional Objects

Description

This campaign button is one of three assembled in a single shadowbox. The portrait of Abraham Lincoln was done from a photograph taken on February 27, 1860, by Mathew Brady in New York. Lincoln had traveled to New York to speak at the Cooper Union Institute the same day as the photograph was taken. Lincoln wore a black jacket, white shirt, and black bow tie and was clean shaven. The photo is inset into a round gold frame embossed with "Abraham Lincoln, 1860" and leafy branches. A hole is pierced through the top of the frame. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.