Images: Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
Today is Abraham Lincoln's 206th birthday. Lincoln, our 16th President, was from Illinois.
Associated PressPresident Abraham Lincoln is shown in a photograph by Alex Hessler, Nov. 1860 shortly after he won the election, in Chicago, Ill.
Associated PressA copy of a daguerreotype taken by N.H. Shephard in Springfield, IL in 1846, when Lincoln was a Congressman. It is the earliest photograph of Abraham Lincoln known to exist. The original daguerreotype is in the collection of the Library of Congress.
Associated PressPresident Abraham Lincoln poses for a portrait in Mathew Brady's studio in Washington February 23, 1861.
Associated PressThis photograph of a drawing shows President Abraham Lincoln deliver his address after being sworn in as the 16th president of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1861.
Associated PressU.S. President Abraham Lincoln stands under cover at center of Capitol steps during his inauguration in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1861. The scaffolding at upper right is used in construction of the Capitol dome.
Associated PressPresident Abraham Lincoln visits with Union Gen. George McClellan at his headquarters in this Oct. 4, 1862 photo. Lincoln removed McClellen from command after the Battle of Antietam for failing to pursue and destroy the Confederate Army under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Associated PressU.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shown in this undated photo.
Associated PressGen. Fulgencio Batista, third from right, former president of Cuba, lays a wreath at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois., March 26, 1945. Batista said he had always admired Lincoln "as the representative of the highest ideals for mankind and I have looked forward to pay homage." Left to right; Herbert Fay, tomb custodian; Mayor John Kapp of Springfield; Gen. Batista; his son, Ruben, 11; and Manuel Benitoa, secretary of war during the Batista regime.
Associated PressThis is an April, 1944 photo of sculptor Lincoln Borglum and the model head of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his studio at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills area of Keystone, S.D.
Associated PressThis is an April, 1944 photo of sculptor Lincoln Borglum as he is suspended over the stone face of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the Mount Rushmore Memorial in the Black Hills area of Keystone, S.D.
Associated PressThe statue of Abraham Lincoln dwarfs seven African American students from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., as one of the students, Terrance Roberts, places a wreath at the statue's base during a visit Aug. 26, 1958, to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Left to right are: Mrs. L.C. Daisy Bates, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Pattillo, Carlotta Walls, Elizabeth Eckford, Minniejean Brown, Gloria Ray, and Terrence Roberts.
Associated PressU.S. President Abraham Lincoln, wearing top hat, is shown with Union Army Gen. George B. McClellan, facing Lincoln, and McClellan's staff at Antietam, Maryland, 1862 during the American Civil War.
Associated PressA political cartoon titled "Columbia Demands Her Children," is a representation of the nation asking President Abraham Lincoln for an accounting of the war dead, 1864.
Associated PressA scene in front of the Capitol during Lincoln's second inauguration, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination.
Associated PressThe late Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the U.S., loved to paint and two of his paintings are unique. They are the paintings he did of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington which are the only presidential portraits ever painted by another president. Only Lincoln painting is available.
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