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Lincoln and a Chicago reporter were looking at what is believed to this photo at Lincoln's home shortly after his nomination for president, when he observed "That picture gives a very fair representation of my homely face." [48] June 1860 [49] unknown Halftone print, from an albumen print from the lost original negative. [50] unknown
Barack Obama was the first president to have his portrait taken with a digital camera in January 2009 by Pete Souza, the then–official White House photographer, [23] using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. [citation needed] Obama was also the first president to have 3D portraits taken, which were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle in December 2014. [24]
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On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president. He was the first Republican president and his victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West. No ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states, and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states, an omen of the impending Civil War.
Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and General John A. McClernand, Antietam, Maryland, October 3, 1862 Uncropped version. An alternative view. What struck me about this photo is the telling poses, expressions, and even stature and dress of these three men that seem to perfectly illustrate their relationship to each other and to the war itself.
30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still Mesmerize Us Today ... Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell took the world's first colored photograph. He experimented with red, blue ...
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