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Collection Reference Number GLC04698
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Platinum print of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler & George P. Ayres, image from 1860 with flyer
Date June 1860-1881
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Document Type Photograph
Content Description Blind copyright stamp of Ayres dated 1881. Accompanied by a Ayres promotional flyer which notes: "I have two negatives. [....] These were taken at Springfield Ill. in June 1860 immediately after Mr. Lincoln's nomination to the Presidency."
Subjects President  Election  Government and Civics  Photography  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Government & Politics; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945