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Photograph of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
PhysLinc #
Synonyms
 
 A60q7
 
 
 25
 
 
 102
 
 
 AL.1860.6
 
 
 A60x7
 
The Image
Photographer:  Hill
Sitting date: 1860
Location: Springfield, IL
Technique: Photograph
Hamilton '63 Pages 55, 366a
Book Notes
Mellon '79 [p 70]
Gelatin silver print of a lost faded contemporary [[albumen print]] from the lost original negative made by Joseph [[Hill]], in [[Springfield]], Illinois, during late May or early June 1860.
[[Photograph]] by Joseph [[Hill]], [[Springfield]], June 1860.
Collections cited in Books
Mellon '79 [p 71]
Mellon Collection.
     

Per Hamilton '63 [p 366] / Ostendorf '98 [p 388], three other images were taken at the same time. All the negative plates were destroyed later in a studio fire.

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