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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. Lincoln: A Photobiography - Wikipedia

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    It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years. [2] The photobiography covers Lincoln's entire life: his childhood, his stint as a lawyer, his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as his ascent from Congressman to President. The final chapter is an account of Lincoln's assassination and death.

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  6. Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. 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]

  8. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still Mesmerize Us Today. Mariia Tkachenko. December 16, 2024 at 6:47 AM ... First Class Dining Room, Ca. 1910. Image credits: Photoglob Zürich

  9. First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President ...

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    First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter.In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion against the Union in the American ...