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There are four known photos taken by Alexander Gardner of Lincoln during the inauguration. Lincoln stands in the center, with papers in his hand, on the east front of the United States Capitol. March 6, 1865: Henry F. Warren Washington, D.C. The last known high-quality photograph of Lincoln alive, on a balcony at the White House. Two other ...
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]
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.
The likeness of President Lincoln on the obverse of the coin is an adaptation of a plaque Brenner executed several years earlier and which had come to the attention of President Roosevelt in New York. [2] Lincoln portrait. Bronze bas-reliefs dated 1907 and signed by Brenner have been identified and some sold in auctions for as much as $3,900. [3]
Taylor met with Lincoln in January 1862 and suggested issuing unbacked paper money. [7] On February 25, 1862, Congress passed the first Legal Tender Act, which authorized the issuance of $150 million (~$3.57 billion in 2023) in United States Notes. [8]
Abraham Lincoln was portrayed on the 1861 $10 Demand Note; Salmon Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, approved his own portrait for the 1862 $1 Legal Tender Note; Winfield Scott was depicted on Interest Bearing Notes during the early 1860s; William P. Fessenden (U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury) appeared on fractional currency ...
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Pr-PFA Presidential Physical Fitness Award (with Certificate and Emblem) N-PFA National Physical Fitness Award (with Certificate and Emblem) P-PFA Participant Physical Fitness Award (with Certificate and Emblem) HFA Health Fitness Award (with Certificate and Emblem) Most of these awards were terminated 30 June 2018. [21]