Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 6
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| Title | Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 6 |
| Date | 1857 |
| Coverage-Spatial | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Photographer | Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895 |
| Subject | |
| Description | A photograph made by Alexander Hesler in Chicago, February, 1857. Known as the first Hesler photograph. It was used in the Lincoln-Douglas senatorial campaign. The negative is said to have been lost in the Chicago fire of 1871. |
| Original Medium | photograph |
| Type | |
| Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
| Collection Title | The Faces of Abraham Lincoln: The Meserve Lincoln Photographs, 1848-1865 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |
| Rights Description | This image is in the public domain. Descriptions are in copyright, reprinted courtesy of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. |
| Collection | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content) |
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