Abraham Lincoln portrait postcard, front side   Save
AV83 Abraham Lincoln Presidental Collection
Description: A jumbo postcard contains a black and white profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln. On the back on the postcard reads, “Abraham Lincoln. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, made in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864. Brady made many photographs of the President during this visit. Brady was our best-known photographer of the period. He had set up a studio in New York in 1842 and later established a branch in Washington. During the Civil War he was given permission to travel with armies and take pictures in the field. Lincoln was planning changes in command that were to prepare for the final stages of the war. Within a month he was to summon Ulysses S. Grant to Washington to become commander of all the Union armies. This photograph is known as the “Brady Profile.” The face on the Lincoln penny is based on this photograph. This photograph is identified as Meserve No. 82, taking its name from Frederick Hill Meserve of New York, the distinguished collector who has devoted the major portion of his life to the collecting and identification of all known Lincoln photographs.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F06_021_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: AV83 Abraham Lincoln Presidental Collection