Abraham Lincoln

Daguerreotype of Congressman Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1846 by Nicholas H. Shepherd.

Young Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln in 1858 (time of the Lincoln-Douglas debates)

Abraham Lincoln taken February 27, 1860 in New York City by Matthew Brady, the day of his famous Cooper Union speech.

Taken by Alexander Hessler in Springfield, IL on June 3, 1860, Two weeks after Lincoln's nomination.

President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent near the Antietam battlefield, October 3, 1862. Photograph by Alexander Gardner

Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton and John Alexander McClernand, visiting the Antietam battlefield, October 3, 1862. Photograph By Alexander Gardner

Another view of President Lincoln, Major Pinkerton, and General McClernand, near Antietam, October 3, 1862. Photo By Gardner. On the lower left-hand side of the photo is a man holding a sign marked "7479." He was one of Gardner’s assistants helping to identify the photograph after it was developed.

"First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln" by Francis Carpenter. Shown from left to right are Edwin Stanton, secretary of war; Salmon Chase, treasury secretary; Lincoln; Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy; Caleb Smith, interior secretary; William Seward, secretary of state; Montgomery Blair, postmaster general; and Edward Bates, attorney general.

A rare Standing Photograph of Lincoln taken on April 17, 1863 by Matthew Brady or Thomas Le Mere.

The "Gettysburg Portrait", A head-on photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8th, 1863; two weeks before his Gettysburg Address. By Alexander Gardner

Engraving of President Lincoln based on a photograph taken by Matthew Brady on January 4, 1864.

Abraham Lincoln seated in the chair he had sat in during his tenure in the House of Representatives. Taken by Brady on Febuary 9, 1864, Robert Todd Lincoln called it "The best likeness of my Father".

Daguerrotype of a Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, used for the $5 Bill. Original taken on February 9, 1864. The Copy Daguerreotype was made sometime later.

A photo of Lincoln from his last formal sitting, Taken at Alexander Gardner's Studio on February 5th, 1865.

The "Broken Glass Portrait". One of the last photographs of Abraham Lincoln taken on February 5th, 1865 in Alexander Gardner's Studio. While the plate was being developed a crack appeared on the top, and only a single print was made before the glass plate cracked completely.

Last known high-quality photograph of Lincoln, taken by Henry F. Warren on the White House balcony, March 6, 1865

Photograph of Lincoln in death, as he was being embalmed and prepared for his laying in state. Taken at the White House on April 16, 1865 by John B. Bachelder.

Composite image

Official White House Portrait

Thumbnail of the White House portrait zoomed in.

The assassination from left to right are John Wilkes Booth, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone.

The presidential box

Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated during a play called Our American Cousin and died at 7:22:10 A.M. and it's there today on NW 10th Street in Washington, D.C..

Matthew Brady picture, 1865

Lincoln's deathbed, sketch by Alfred Waud

Lincoln was prepared for his burial in Springfield, Illinois.

Lincoln Memorial statue

Lincoln Memorial

London City

Lincoln Memorial model
Lincoln's Tomb

on Mount Rushmore

Lincoln Home
Historic district

The Engine that drew Lincoln's Funeral Train from Washington to Springfield

Lincoln's coffin, replica
Museum of Funeral Customs

1850 US Census with Lincoln

Telegram to Abraham Lincoln regarding plan for a steam fire department in Washington

US $5 : Abraham Lincoln

Penny in the aluminum coin from the Smithsonian in 1974.

on the penny in 2005.

on the penny in 1990.

US 1 cent : Abraham Lincoln

On the first 100 dollar bill.

On the first $5 dollar bill.

on the Dollar bill in 1963.