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Taken during President-elect Lincoln's first sitting in Washington, D.C., the day after his arrival by train. [72] March 1, 1861 and June 30, 1861 (between) unknown unknown Salt print from the lost original negative [73] Christie's: The first photographic image of the new president.
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.
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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Lincoln Catafalque: 1865 Exhibit Hall, United States Capitol Visitor Center: Wood and Cloth [191] Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865: 1994 Allyn Cox "Cox Corridors", U.S. Capitol Building: Oil on canvas [192] Louisiana Purchase, 1803: 1994 Allyn Cox "Cox Corridors", U.S. Capitol Building: Oil on canvas [193] Lycurgus, Relief Portrait: 1950 C ...
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The Lincoln catafalque on display (2007) The Lincoln catafalque is a catafalque constructed in 1865 to support the casket of Abraham Lincoln while the president's body lay in state in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The catafalque has since been used for many who have lain in state in the Capitol rotunda.
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 ...