Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 100
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| Title | Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 100 |
| Date | 1865 |
| Photographer | Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 |
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| Description | A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on Monday, April 10, 1865. Mr. Truman H. Bartlett, the author and sculptor, acquired it from Mr. Gardner in 1874, who then stated that only one print was made from the large broken negative before it was considered valueless and destroyed, and that it was the last photograph made on that day. No later photographs were made of the President in life. This single print is in the Meserve Collection. |
| 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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