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  2. List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    President Lincoln visited Gardner's studio one Sunday in February 1865, the final year of the Civil War, accompanied by the American portraitist Matthew Wilson. Wilson had been commissioned to paint the president's portrait, but because Lincoln could spare so little time to pose, the artist needed recent photographs to work from.

  3. Portraits of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of United States presidential firsts - Wikipedia

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    First president to appear on color television. [279] First president to deliver an address from a communications satellite – the first message from space. [280] [281] First president to visit a mosque. [282] [283] First president to have received an honorary knighthood from a foreign nation (Eisenhower received 22 such honors). [276] [284]

  5. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    "After the color image is established, the black silver-based image is dissolved away, leaving the color behind." #28 The Cathedral, Amsterdam, Holland Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company

  6. After 172 Years, We Now Know How the First Color Photograph ...

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  7. Photography in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mathew B. Brady, one of the preeminent photographers of the day, secured permission from President Lincoln to follow the troops, for what everyone thought would be a short and glorious war. [4] He only saw the first major engagement, The First Battle of Bull Run, and lost his wagons and other equipment in the chaos of the Union defeat. [4]

  8. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum - Wikipedia

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    She is the first person of color to serve in the position. Before coming to the ALPLM, she headed the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the State of Arkansas's African-American culture and history museum. [21] [29] [19] As first lady of Illinois, Lura Lynn Ryan became a major fundraiser and the library's first chairwoman. She launched the ...

  9. Color photography - Wikipedia

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    The first color photograph made by the three-color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell in 1855, taken in 1861 by Thomas Sutton. The subject is a colored ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon. Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors.