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Image Title: Abraham Lincoln And His Son Tad Looking At An Album Of Photographs, 1864

Creator: Berger, Anthony, photographer

Date: 1864 Feb. 9

Notes: "Lincoln and Tad study a Brady album in this photograph by Anthony Berger, Brady's gallery, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 9, 1864. One of the most popular Lincoln portraits, this is the only close-up of him wearing spectacles. It was issued in huge quantities in many variations, with and without Brady's permission." "The retouched scene changed the album into a family Bible." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 183-4)

Related Names: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865

Original Media: Photograph

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