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TITLE: [Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs]
CALL NUMBER: Illus. in E457.6 M58 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-8117 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1885 and 1911, from photo taken on 1864 Feb. 9]
CREATOR:
Berger, Anthony, photographer.
RELATED NAMES:
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.).
NOTES:
Illus. in: The photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York: Privately printed, 1911, p. 60.
Copy of photo taken by Anthony Berger and published by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C.
National Archives no. B-5737.
Title devised by Library staff.
Ostendorf, no. 93 (variant)
Meserve, no. 39
"Lincoln and Tad study a Brady album in this photograph by Anthony Berger, Brady's gallery, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 9, 1864. One of the most popular Lincoln portraits, this is the only close-up of him wearing spectacles. It was issued in huge quantities in many variations, with and without Brady's permission." "The retouched scene changed the album into a family Bible." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 183-4)
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 183.
SUBJECTS:
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Photographic prints 1880-1920.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a10735 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a10735
CONTROL #: 2009630681
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