Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Slide Show - Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress

These twenty-two images show Abraham Lincoln over the course of twenty years--from the earliest known photographic likeness in 1846, through the U.S. presidential campaign of 1860. It also includes views from Lincoln's funeral in 1865 and portraits of his immediate family.

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The Images Featured in the Slide Show

[Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois ... ] LC-USZC4-2439 (color film copy transparency post-1992)	[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president ... June 3, 1860] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19200	[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Half-length portrait, seated, facing front] LC-USZ62-7728A (b&w film copy neg.)	[Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19430 (digital file from original item, front)
Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, March 4, 1861 LC-DIG-ppmsca-07636	President Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862 ... LC-DIG-ppmsca-12544	[Abraham Lincoln ... Aug. 9, 1863] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19206	Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, November 8, 1863 LC-DIG-ppmsca-19191
Lincoln & his secretaries, Nicolay & Hay LC-DIG-ppmsca-19421	Abraham Lincoln ... January 8, 1864 ... LC-DIG-ppmsca-19211	[Abraham Lincoln ... with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19199	[Abraham Lincoln ... three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19470
Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States LC-DIG-ppmsca-18958	Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac LC-DIG-ppmsca-19215	Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, March 4, 1865 LC-DIG-ppmsc-02927	The latest photograph of President Lincoln ... March 6, 1865 LC-DIG-ppmsca-19192
Lincoln's funeral on Pennsylvania Ave. LC-DIG-cwpbh-03254	[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24 or 25, 1865] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19422	Arch at Twelfth St., Chicago, President Abraham Lincoln's hearse ... LC-DIG-ppmsca-19202	[Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln ...] LC-USZC4-6189 (color film copy transparency
[Willie and Tad Lincoln, sons of President Abraham Lincoln, with their cousin Lockwood Todd] / Brady LC-DIG-ppmsca-19235	[Robert Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln ...] LC-DIG-ppmsca-19229

Obtaining Copies/Rights Information

Users can download the images or can purchase quality copies through the Library of Congress Duplication Services.

The images are presented for educational and research purposes. The Library of Congress is unaware of any restrictions on the use of the images. However, patrons who plan to publish or otherwise distribute any of the images should be aware that determination regarding the appropriate use of an image ultimately rests with the patron. The Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission for use of the images. For further information, see "Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images..."

For additional images and information:

• In preparation for Abraham Lincoln bicentennial events, a wide variety of Lincoln-related images have been scanned. View the records and images. Even more Lincolnia is available via the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
• See the image list The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress for images related to Lincoln's death and the plot by conspirators who planned his assassination.
• Learn more about President Abraham Lincoln by reading some of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress which includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material.

Selections by: Carol Johnson, Photo Curator, Prints & Photographs Division. Created: April 2009.