The Physical Lincoln: A60fc1

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Version 1: Digital Print of Hardcopy a60fc1-v1.jpg Print Key: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-7725-3a10366u Print URL: unavailable offsite. MaxPixels: 1138 x 1536 Comments: b&w film copy neg. Observations: Image has an artifactual vertical elongation; explanation. Print: National Archives 200-FBM-3C-1 Comments: Negative in 8x10 copy neg. box. Print: Mellon p10 Caption: (p9): Broken glass original collodion negatives made by Alexander Hesler, in Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Reproduced from gelatin silver prints. Collection: Smithsonian Institution. Observations: Print: Mellon p78 Caption: (p76) [Also describing a60fc2] Reproduced from gelatin silver prints of two positives printed on glass, about 1900, from the original negatives made by Alexander Hesler, in Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Collection: Mellon Collection. Observations:

<= a60et2   a60fc2 => A60fc1 Photographer Hesler Location Springfield, IL Sitting 1860-06-03 Technique Photograph Meserve # 26 Ostendorf # 26 Ostendorf pg 46 Mellon pg 10, 78 Kunhardt pg 10 Synonym none AL ML RL TL WL XL <= a60et2 a60fc2 =>   Ostendorf3 (p49) Duplicate negatives were made in 1881. The original negatives were cracked in the mail in 1933. "The Post Office paid the claim and presented the broken negatives to the Smithsonian Institution." Hamilton Photograph by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Sunday, June 3, 1860

Kunhardt (p9)

Of this and a60fc2, Lincoln said: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen; if it pleases the people I am satisfied."