[Abraham Lincoln]
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Photograph
[Abraham Lincoln]
February 9, 1864
Tintype
Image: 1 × 3/4 in. (2.5 × 1.9 cm) (1/16 plate)
Case: 2 1/8 × 1 15/16 × 3/4 in. (5.4 × 4.9 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0206.0003B
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 550
Entry 550 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Tiny ferrotype of Abe Lincoln from Brady negative taken Feb. 9, 1854. Given by Lincoln to Mrs. [?]olsom who died in 1944 at the age of 96 years. As a child Lincoln held her on his knee on several occasions, and gave her this little tintype as a souvenir on one of these occasions. Placed in miniature gutta percha case with lovely little scene on cover. From Rene Thill, Milwaukee, Wis. Asked me $22.50, but accepted $15.50. Very valuable.
Entry 550 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Tiny ferrotype of Abe Lincoln from Brady negative taken Feb. 9, 1854. Given by Lincoln to Mrs. [?]olsom who died in 1944 at the age of 96 years. As a child Lincoln held her on his knee on several occasions, and gave her this little tintype as a souvenir on one of these occasions. Placed in miniature gutta percha case with lovely little scene on cover. From Rene Thill, Milwaukee, Wis. Asked me $22.50, but accepted $15.50. Very valuable.
