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Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 33
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Samuel G. Alschuler in Springfield in November, in 1860. This is believed to be the first photograph showing the beard, which is seen in all later photographs.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 5
Image | 1858 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the ambrotype made by Samuel G. Alschuler in Urbana, Illinois, in April, 1858. Miss Ida M. Tarbell in The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln stated that his linen duster was exchanged for the smaller dark coat of the photographer.