#80-2884

This 19th century photograph album features eighteen carte-de-visites. The portraits include Lincoln with "Tad," Lincoln's deathbed scene, "Booth and his Associates," John W. Booth, Andrew Johnson, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, "Army and Navy, U.S.," Gen. U.S. Grant, Gen. McClellan and his wife, and various military officers. It was originally presented to Mrs. Sarah J. Wood "from her boys, C.F. and G.H.W., Christmas, 1864."

#80-1657

This 19th century photograph album features thirty carte-de-visites within the album, and an extra portraiture depicting Seward, Fillmore, Douglas, and Lincoln. Most of the portraits feature Abraham Lincoln, with others of Lincoln and his cabinet members, Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln's dog, the Springfield home, interior and exterior views of President Lincoln's Tomb, George Washington placing a laurel wreath upon Lincoln's head, John Brown, Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Stowe Beecher posed together, and Stephen A. Douglas.

#98-0011

The photographs are of various sizes but are primarily 10" x 8" photographs mounted on matte board. The collection includes portraits of Ford's Theatre, three photographs of the execution of the Lincoln assassination conspirators (includes depictions of the reading of the warrant, or general order; adjusting the ropes; and the execution), the graves and coffins of the conspirators, a portrait of John Suratt dressed as a zouave, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, David E. Herold, John Wilkes Booth, a portrait of John Surratt, the Petersen House, Libby Prison (Richmond, Va., April, 1865), and the slayer of Lincoln's assassin (Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett).

#98-0008

This viewing kit and film of depth photography dates from circa 1950. It shows historical scenes, locations, and subjects associated with Abraham Lincoln. One sample reel is devoted to nature scenes. Included are six rolls of film which illustrate depth photography and consist of the following titles: 1) "Depth Photography"[sample reel], 2) "Life of Lincoln," 3) "Life of Lincoln," [continued], 4) "Abraham Lincoln," 5) "New Salem, Part One," 6) "New Salem, Part Two." Created by Tru-Vue, Inc., Rock Island, Illinois.

#98-0022

Miscellaneous photographs of various sizes (26 x 21, or smaller), depicting Robert Todd Lincoln, the Lincoln birthplace, "Lincoln and Family," sculpture of Lincoln, and other Lincoln-related photographs.

#98-0023

The photographs vary in size, but most are approx. 11 x 14 inches. They represent the work of various photographers and include both originals and reproductions; they are primarily related to Abraham Lincoln. The set includes the following: enlargements from the Meserve Collection (Lincolniana), various portraits of Lincoln sculpture, views of the campus of Lincoln Memorial University, and photographs of various illustrations, paintings, and historic sites associated with the 16^th President of the United States. One photograph depicts a group portrait of Warren G. Harding, Robert Todd Lincoln, and Joseph Cannon. A few of the photographs are reproductions of various documents such as the Gettysburg Address.

#98-0010.1 through 98-10.77

The collection consists of rare enlarged photographs from the collection of Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962). Meserve, the son of a Civil War Union officer, became America's first great photograph collector. He acquired 10,000 negatives of portraits from Lincoln's era, and continued to add thousands of photographs to the collection. Included among the enlargements in the set are photographs of the following: Abraham Lincoln (various portraits, including the earliest known), three of the Lincoln family, Lincoln's home in Springfield, individual and collective portraits of Lincoln's Cabinet members, Hannibal Hamlin, scenes of Lincoln at various military encampments, John Wilkes Booth, the conspirators in the assassination, Capitol Prison, the Military Court, and scenes from Lincoln's funeral procession at Philadelphia and Cleveland, Ohio.

#98-0012

The photographs are arranged according to the chronological order that Frederick H. Meserve had earlier published them in. The size of the photographs vary, but typically the dimensions are 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". The photographs are derived from the Meserve Collection, and they are reproduced from the original negatives or taken secondarily from a negative made from a specific photograph. There are 116 photographs of the Meserve Collection, with one unidentified group.

#98-0013

This boxed set of small photographs was assembled by R. Gerald McMurtry, historian and author of several books and articles written about Abraham Lincoln. It includes both original photographs and those taken of published material. The set is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes representations of Booth, the Bush Family, locations that Lincoln visited such as Atchison, Kansas (where Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley stopped in 1859), the inscription in Memorial Hall, and several portraits depicting Lincoln sites located in Larue, Hardin, and Mercer counties. Some of the original photographs depict scenes that are not now extant such as the Court House at Elizabethtown (Hardin County, Kentucky), the site in Gettysburg, Pa. where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, and the church where Lincoln worshipped while in Gettysburg. Other subjects include various foreign portraits of Lincoln and several statues made of Lincoln.

#80-1149.2.1 through 80-1149.2.21 (21 items); 89-0008.2 through .3 (2 items) ; 95-005.0001 through .007 (7 items); 1 viewer

The collection of stereo cards chiefly depicts various scenes related to Abraham Lincoln. The cards measure approximately 4 1/2" x 7", and they can be viewed through the viewer. Some views are non-stereoscopic. The scenes depicted include the birthplace cabin of Abraham Lincoln, various portraits of Abraham Lincoln, "The Old Capitol Prison," Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Monument (Lincoln Park), "The Martyrs-Lincoln & Garfield," Lincoln and his Cabinet, St. Gauden's Statue of Lincoln," the Lincoln Statue of Emancipation (Washington, D.C.), "Lincoln Memorial, Dissected Leaves," the Guard of Honor with the President's Remains (City Hall, New York), and "The Funeral of President Lincoln, New York, April 25^th, 1865."

#98-0009

These 97 plastic negatives (5" x 4") are derived from photographs of the Meserve Collection. A few other subjects are included besides those about Lincoln, including Ford's Theatre and other historic sites, the barracks at Veroli, Italy, and the arrival of John H. Surratt at Washington on Feb. 19, 1867 (Harper's Weekly).

#98-0026.1 through 98-26.2

These two photographs of Abraham Lincoln were printed in Springfield, Illinois at the Herbert Georg Studio. The original portraits were taken as campaign photographs for Lincoln's presidential campaign.

#98-0021

These large-sized photographs, measuring 16" x 12" and smaller, depict various people, places, and events stemming from a Lincoln Memorial Pilgrimage through Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois in the summer of 1940. The photographs were taken by Lawrence B. Lockwood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Pilgrimage. Many of the photographs are of sites located in Springfield, Illinois, such as the Lincoln home, while others are in Indiana, such as the site of the pioneer cabin of the Lincoln family. Additional portraits include those of Nancy Hanks' gravestone, the Lincoln Tomb, and William H. Herndon's gravestone. People in the photographs include several of the travelers on the pilgrimage, including Frederick H. Meserve, Dr. Stewart W. McClelland (and others from L.M.U.), Carl W. Schaefer, Isaac R. Diller, and Boston journalist F. Lauriston Bullard.

#80-1744.

This sepia print depicts a view of President Lincoln presenting his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865. Among those depicted in the crowded scene are Andrew Johnson, Cabinet members, Mary Todd Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth.

#80-3034

This cabinet size photograph was presented to the Department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University by Mrs. F.J. Schafer of Franklin, Indiana. It was originally owned by her father, Lieutenant O.V. Flora, who had served in the Tenth Ohio Battery from Springfield. While in Charleston, Illinois, he bought

the photograph from someone close to the Lincoln family who claimed it to be an authentic picture of Thomas Lincoln. This is probably a photographic copy made from a daguerreotype; it is mounted on flexible cardboard, and measures 7 3/4" x 10". The name of Thomas Lincoln is identified in handwritten ink on the border frame, where the inscription says: "Thomas Lincoln. Born 1778. Died 1851."

#98-0024

These two albumen silver prints (approx. 11 x 14 in.) portray Abraham Lincoln in two separate poses. One is from the Henry F. Warren photograph taken on the White House balcony on March 6, 1865. The other is from the Alexander Gardner photograph that was made of President Lincoln on February 5, 1865.