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Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 17
Image | 1858 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the ambrotype believed to have been made by Preston Butler in Springfield in 1858. McClure's Magazine of March, 1896, stated it was copied from a carbon enlargement of the ambrotype of June, 1860, but the style of collar worn by Mr. Lincoln seems to place it in the earlier year.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 22
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait, with Numbers 21 and 109, had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Henry Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting a portrait of the nominee.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 24
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)Enlarged detail of a large photograph made by A. J. Whipple of Boston in Springfield at the same time as Number 23. Both of the younger sons are seen. The boy indistinctly seen on the sidewalk is Isaac R. Diller, a playmate of the Lincoln boys, who died in Springfield on September 28, 1943, in his eighty-ninth year.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 25
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Alexander Hesler made in Springfield on June 3, 1860. Mr. George B. Avres after Hesler's death in 1865 obtained this negative and Number 26, which were of cabinet size, and touched up 8" x 10" negatives made from the originals. They had a very wide distribution. In recent years these negatives were damaged in the mails
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 30
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the 4" x 5" ambrotype made by Preston Butler in Springfield on August 13, 1860. It is likely that this portrait was made for the same purpose as was Number 29. Both are scarce items of Lincolniana.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 38
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady, believed to have been made in 1862. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 56
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863. The President is shown with his secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, who is standing.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 57
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863, four days before the speech at Gettysburg. Here, as in Number 58, the envelope containing Senator Everett's speech may be seen on the table.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 59
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863. This portrait has been widely published and is perhaps the best-known full-face portrait of the President.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 60
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863. This portrait, differing slightly from Number 59, is little known.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 65
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1862.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 82
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is one of the celebrated portraits known as the Brady profiles. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 83
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is copied from a photograph, and is slightly different from the others in this series.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 94
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on April 10, 1865.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 100
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)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 Presid...
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 101
Image | 1857 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Hesler in Chicago, February, 1857. This and Number 6 were evidently made at the same time. The history of the negative is not known. There is a legend that Lincoln deliberately mussed up his hair before these portraits were made.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 107
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady in 1863, different from Number 75. An enlarged copy by Gurney & Son of New York was widely circulated.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 108
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 8
Image | 1859 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph probably made by S. M. Fassett in Chicago in October, 1859. Mr. Truman H. Bartlett of Boston stated in 1910 in connection with his copy, Alexander Hesler of Chicago says he took this photograph in 1858. It is considered one of the best of the beardless photographs.
Cabinet Photograph of Lincoln Home parlors
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-tone print of Lincoln Home parlors, furnished as an exhibit area by Osborn Oldroyd. Framed prints and photos cover the walls, several busts and sculptures are on shelves and pillars on either side of doorway. Some items have large numbers on them. Several cases hold books. A horsehair sofa is on the left, a side chair on the right. Cradle is visible in back center of r...
Dinner Plate, from the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Deep-bowled, light blue transferware plate. 14-sided edge. Narrow band of leaves on rim, wide band of small parallel lines in ripple/wave effect. Central scene: tower surrounded by columned building, on lake with two sailboats & one rowboat. Back has English registry mark (diamond) & trademark eagle & shield. Some discoloration. Diam 10 7/16" x D 1 3/8".
Easy chair, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Upholstered lady's chair. Victorian Rococco style. Exposed walnut trim, medium stain. Chair back crest carved with two closed buds hanging upside-down, flanked by open roses, leaves and scrolls. Upholstered arm rests. Fabric is blue silk brocade with a raised, swirled floral pattern faded to a gold color. Back front has two horizontal rows of deep-buttoned tufting halfway up...
Globe, used to educate and identify stars and major constellations
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mounted Celestial globe marked with positions of stars and constellation figures. Tan background, black stars, quadrant marks and lettering. Green, brown and red constellations. Circled vertically by brass band with scale on one side, round brass scale at top of globe. Marked "Cary's New Celestial Globe". Inpainted black stand with four turned legs & cross stretchers. Of Eng...
Dinner Plate, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)China dinner plate of English manufacture. Gray transfer pattern of a castle scene in center. Rim has repeated pattern of a different castle. Numeral 20 is impressed into bottom of plate. Diam. 10 1/4".
Letter, a request made seeking assistance in obtaining "A commssion in the Army" (recovered from Lincoln Home)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Light blue two-leaf folio, begins: "Spring ___/Dec. 28th 1847/Hon. A. Lincoln/ Dear Sir./ I hope that I shall not trespass too much upon your time..." Signature is missing due to loss of paper, along with paper at all four corners. Several small holes in body of letter, and areas of discoloration. L 9 7/8" x W 7 7/8".
Chair, used by Abraham Lincoln at his law office at Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stained hardwood office chair in a modified Windsor-style. Horseshoe-shaped back with eight round spokes. H 29" x W 14" x L 20".
Lincoln-Hamlin political banner
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Handsewn Lincoln-Hamlin banner, resembling a reversed U.S. flag. 13 red & white stripes alternate, beginning and ending with white. Dark blue field in upper right corner. Printed on middle white stripes: "Lincoln/And/Hamlin". L 77 1/2" x W 43".
Lincoln Ox Yoke
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden ox yoke crafted by a young Abraham Lincoln during his years in New Salem. The frame is made of wood from the original flooring of Lincoln's Springfield home.
Cabinet Photograph, showing the Lincoln Home draped in mourning
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-toned photoprint mounted on cardboard. Original photo is oval & shows Lincoln Home draped in mourning with a delegation of men & one boy in front. Other people and Carrigan house visible in background. On back is list of "Photographs for sale at the Lincoln Homestead... O.H. Oldroyd, State Custodian." No. 7 is a view of Home taken on the day of Lincoln's funeral. Origi...
Bust of poet Robert Burns
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)wavy hair, combed forward. Marked "Burns, mark C 107". H 8".
End table, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Lamp table with removable marble top on walnut turned pedestal. Pedestal does not reach to the ground, and is supported by four incurved cut-out legs with ceramic castors connected to the center pedestal. Brace is stenciled with black ink on top "Nutt & Barkley Springfield, ILL." L 30" x W 21 1/2".
Trundle toy, made by Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wheeled cart with solid axles. Main body is rectangular block. Two thin boards run perpendicular on top and bottom of block with short pivots. Wheels screw to pivots. In center top, thin board also runs perpendicular, with two knobs on ends. Under one knob is a short pivoting lever. Center body covered with thin leather or paper. All lacquered. Large hole drilled in front. L...
Stickpin, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)setting has four molded roses and thistles on outer edge, rope around stone is braid of human hair, set under glass. Long sticker/ pin is twisted in middle. L 3" x W 5/8".
Watch Chain from Early/Mid-Victorian Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Choker-type chain made out of brown braided hair. Has brass hook and clasp at ends, and a mother-of-pear and brass piece in the middle. Brass pieces are heavily decorated. L 14 1/2".
Sculpture, "The Council of War
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Painted plaster sculpture, "The Council of War" by John Rogers from 1868. Shows Abraham Lincoln seated in a draped chair, reading a document held in both hands. Ulysses S. Grant stands over Lincoln's right shoulder, pointing at the document. Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, stands to Lincoln's left, cleaning his glasses. A second document lays ignored on the floor. Title...
Commemorative coin, Lincoln with railsplitter image
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Copper-coated medal of Abraham Lincoln with railsplitter image. Beardless Lincoln looks left with motto around rim "The President of the U.S. 1861" & "Copyright Secured" on bottom. Reverse has tall man splitting log in front of rail fence, with cabin & setting sun in background, "The Railsplitter of 1830" around rim. Diam. 1 1/2" x H 1/16".
Wood stove, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Royal Oak iron cook stove on four cabriole legs. Had rounded apron front. Stove curves in toward back. Bent stove pipe. Molded rims, leaf and rosette molding on doors. L 40" H 27" W 31".
Shawl, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Crocheted white wool shawl. Very large, rectangular with rounded corners, scalloped edges, ribbon run through before border. Very soft wool. L 83" W 72".
Sewing table, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two-drawer small sewing table. Pedestal rectangular post, rectangular base, four modified feet. L 24" x H 27 1/2" x W 20".
Lounge, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Serpentine back, one-armed upholstered sofa, modified Late Empire style. Couch has sloped arm, headrest, curved upholstered ends, 3/4th low serpentine back, extra-length, and four turned legs with bun feet on coasters. Reupholstered by Clifford Putman in Springfield, IL 1953. H. 32 1/2", Base L. 67", Arm Rest estends 12", total L. 79" D. 22" Seat H. 16 1/2".

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