Abraham Lincoln,candidate,US president,Alexander Hesler,photograph,c1860

Title: [Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860]
Creator(s): Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895, photographer
Date Created/Published: [Springfield, Ill., 1860]
Summary: 'Not long after Lincoln's nomination [for president], a Chicago reporter visited his home and noticed a framed photograph over the sofa. Likely it was one of the Hesler poses ... Observed the nominee: 'That picture gives a very fair representation of my homely face.'' (Source: Ostendorf, p. 48)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Ostendorf, no. 28
Meserve, no. 28
Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952 March 27.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 48.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Photographic prints--1860.
Portrait photographs--1860.
Bookmark /2008680253/
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