CACHES OF INFORMATION--Amazing
web sites available to celebrate Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln’s 204th
birthday.
Web: Civil War
Trust: http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/abraham-lincoln.html
Alfred Whital Stern |
Video: National
Portrait Gallery Curator Frank Goodyear explores the many faces of Abraham
Lincoln through the extensive collection at the Smithsonian Institution:
Collection: The Library of Congress has placed online the
Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana.
The collection contains more than 11,100 items, but only 1,300 items
with more than 4,000 images are online.
The date range of the online Stern collection is 1824-1931. It includes the complete collection of
Stern’s contemporary newspapers, Lincoln’s law papers, sheet music, broadsides,
prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets and other ephemeral
items. See link.
Cracked Image:
Lincoln's faint, tired smile in this likeness [left] makes it one of the most
compelling photographic images ever made of him. For many years, it was
commonly thought that this photograph dated from early April 1865 and that it
was the last one ever made of Lincoln. In fact, it was part of a series of
photographs taken at Alexander Gardner's studio two months earlier, on February
5. In shooting the image, Gardner used a large glass negative, which broke
before it could be processed. Nevertheless, he managed to make one print. Some
have interpreted the crack running through the image as a portent of Lincoln's
impending assassination.
Alexander Gardner (1821 - 1882)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
NPG.81.M1.1
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