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[Political Americana - Lincolniana]
[Political Americana - Lincolniana] Rare Stereoview of Abraham Lincoln's Retreat Soldiers' Home Washington D.C. An extremely rare ca 1864-1865 anonymous stereoview with inked title on verso Soldier's Home / Washington D.C. (also lightly penciled at the top of the right frame). This is purportedly the earliest known image of the Soldiers' Home taken during the Civil War. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Soiling throughout and wear to corners and edges of mount.
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Large framed and colored print of
Large framed and colored print of President Lincoln and Family Circle c.1866 published by John Smith 710 Sansom Street Philadelphia. As found. 21.25"x27.25"
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Abraham Lincoln Prints Lot of 3
Abraham Lincoln Prints Lot of 3 including: Lincoln at Home hand colored published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg circa 1861; 11'' x 15'' framed to 12.25'' x 16.25''. Abraham Lincoln / The Nations Martyr / Assassinated April 14th 1865. published by Currier & Ives 1865; 13.5'' x 18'' framed to 14.75'' x 19.25''. Abraham Lincoln & Family hand colored designed and drawn by H.A. Thomas published by Wm. C. Robertson 1865; 18'' x 18.75'' framed to 19.5'' x 20.25''. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: First lightly toned with some discoloration in the margins. Second lightly toned with scattered minor spotting. Third with soiling and chipping at the edges with one tear reaching into the plate at upper center.
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[Political Americana - Lincolniana]
[Political Americana - Lincolniana] Herbert Georg Studio Album of Early New Salem IL Businesses & Homes Including Lincoln-Berry Store An album of 25 8'' x 10'' photographs of the reconstructed homes at New Salem Illinois the small village where Lincoln began his adult life and from where he was first elected to public office. Lincoln lived in the town in the 1830s and it had nearly disappeared by the second half of the 19th century. During the Great Depression it was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a memorial to the former president and the frontier way of life and these photographs by noted Springfield photographer Herbert George were taken shortly after the project's completion.
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A President Lincoln and Family
A President Lincoln and Family Circle Lithograph
housed in a shadowbox frame.
Sight 20 x 24 inches.
Property of a Southern Collector, Russellville, Kentucky
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[Political Americana - Lincolniana]
[Political Americana - Lincolniana] Stereoviews of Lincoln's Country Seat and Soldiers' Homes Lot of 3 including: a G.D. Wakely view of Lincoln's Country Seat titled as such on the verso label with Wakely's 1866 copyright; a J.F. Jarvis view titled on the verso label Soldier's Home with a brief description noting it's previous use as a summer residence for President Lincoln and hand stamped by Washington dealer Hopkin Bros; and Kilburn Bros. view No. 900 Soldier's Home Washington D.C.. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: First with several spots in the right hand view. Second very good. Third with scattered soiling and part of a paper label obscuring the verso imprint. Fourth heavily worn and soiled.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS FAMILY(Lincoln, Abraham) Abraham Lincoln and His Family. N.p., ca. 1865. Antique print on carte de visite mount, title and border gilded. 7 _ x 5 _”. In a decorative gilt and wooden frame. Mildly toned, ink markings lower edge where chipped.
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1 piece. (Abraham Lincoln.)
1 piece. (Abraham Lincoln.) [American Newspaper.]The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 25, 1865, "President Lincoln's Remains in Independence Hall." Illus. front page. Presumed complete, not examined out of frame.
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*(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Message of the
*(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office 1862. Thick 8vo publisher's green blind-stamped cloth boards. 37th Congress 3rd session House Executive Doc. 1. Contains much on the Civil War particularly in regard to the preparations of the Union for a protracted struggle. Wear to boards with some loss at edges and corners; foxing throughout.
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Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln
Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln CDVs & Cabinet Photographs Plus Lot of 13 including: CDV of President Lincoln reading to Tad anonymous publisher; CDV of a similar scene stamped Lincoln and Family with childlike signatures Emma Brown and William on verso and the stamp of a notary public attesting that the signatures are from Lincoln's (illegible); CDV of George Washington with embossed patriotic border anonymous; CDV of an engraving of General Phil Sheridan anonymous; silver gelatin cabinet card of a painting of Lincoln meeting with General McClellan by Handy of Washington DC; CDV of the Currier & Ives print The Old Bull Dog On The Right Track; cabinet card of Lincoln's horse a copy published by Our Gallery of Springfield; 4.25" x 5.25" mounted photograph of the Lincoln Tomb at Springfield; a 1905 copy photograph of a seated Lincoln; a photograph of a print titled Mr. Lincoln On Horse At His Old Residence; CDV of eccentric financier James Fisk Jr. wearing the "colonel's" uniform of the 9th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment; Address Delivered by Uriel Wright Esq. on Occasion of Laying the Corner Stone of the Theatre of the St. Louis Dramatic Varieties Association August 18 1851; and Chicago Historical Society Program. Saturday November 12th at 3 P.M. for the laying of the cornerstone of the their new building.NOTE: The Lincoln and Family CDV Lincoln's horse cabinet card and St. Louis theatre dedication booklet
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[Civil War Stereoview] Stereoview
[Civil War Stereoview] Stereoview of John Brown's Home and Grave by J.C. Moulton A stereoview by photographer J.C. Moulton of Fitchburg Massacusetts titled No. 22 / John Brown's House and Grave at North Elba N.Y. on the printed paper label applied to verso and inked John Brown's home in the right hand margin of recto. Standard size orange mount. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Light edge wear else very good.
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19th century photolithograph of
19th century photolithograph of Abraham Lincoln in a period walnut frame, sight 19"h x 15"w
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'WASHINGTON AT HOME' MEZZOTINT
'WASHINGTON AT HOME' MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING 'Washington at Home' Americana mezzotint engraving by Henry Bryan Hall after the painting by Alonzo Chappel (New York, 1828-1887), published by The New York Engraving and Publishing Company, New York, 1867. Depicts George and Martha Washington with their adopted children, George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor Parke Custis, framed. Sight 26" H x 21" W. Frame 33" H x 28" W.
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CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF
CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Circa 1865, albumin print mounted on card, framed.
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Abraham Lincoln carte de visite ,
Abraham Lincoln carte de visite , "Solitary Pine" pose by Matthew Brady, taken January 8th, 1864, "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries" imprint verso, 1860s, 4 x 2-3/8 in. Fading, toning, light soiling. Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina
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"Our Three Great Presidents" and
"Our Three Great Presidents" and "Lincoln and His Family" (18" x 24"). Good condition with some foxing and water marks.
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(AMERICANA: CIVIL WAR) Message
(AMERICANA: CIVIL WAR) Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress (Washington: GPO, 1862) thick 8vo, cloth; containing Lincoln's state of the Union address, December 1862, and transcripts of numerous documents.
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Lot. (Abraham Lincoln.) Textile
Lot. (Abraham Lincoln.) Textile Scraps from the Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln. In 19th-Century ink-lettered envelope, "Scraps from the funeral car of Mr. Lincoln - April 1865." This envelope was removed from a scrapbook assembled by Green Adams. Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Adams served as a Federal judge & U.S. Congressman before The Civil War. During The Civil War, Adams supported the Union cause & corresponded with President Lincoln. Three letters from Lincoln to Adams are housed in The Civil War Museum & Library in Philadelphia. A letter outlining this history & provenance is available from Adams's great, great-granddaughter.
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American carving of Abraham Lincoln
American carving of Abraham Lincoln in a horse drawn carriage late 19th/early 20th c. with a black livery man with leather reigns ... ?
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[Political Americana - Lincolniana]
[Political Americana - Lincolniana] Ford's Theatre Draped in Mourning of President Lincoln Stereoview A view of Ford's Theatre draped in black bunting in mourning of the assassination of President Lincoln on an orange Ford's Theatre / Washington D.C. imprinted mount with no further identification or credit. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Edge wear.
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Jean Ferris illustration painting
Jean Ferris illustration painting (Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Pennsylvania, 1863-1930), "Lincoln at Independence Hall, circa 1919, commissioned by Ladies Home Journal for the cover of their February 1919 issue, Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog No. 73261383, signed lower right "J.L.G. Ferris", oil on paper applied to board, 60 x 37-3/4 in. (sight); original stained pine or fir frame. Retouch in face of Lincoln, hand of figure behind in flag, abrasions, grime, chipping at edges, board warped; frame with loss to bottom right corner, abrasions. Joseph Malloy, New Jersey; Tennessee, Private Collection
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PERIOD CARTE DE VISITE COLLECTION
PERIOD CARTE DE VISITE COLLECTION FOCUSED ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS FAMILY The collection's fifty images are housed in a deluxe tooled leather album patented by William W. Harding of Philadelphia on October 17, 1865; embellishments include heavily gilt page edges, faux pearls inset on the boards, and ornate gilt floral patterns throughout; the CDVs consist of both photographs and lithographs, sometimes in multiples variously having or lacking a distributor's backmark. Eleven (11) images depict Lincoln by himself; while over twenty (20) repeating images show Lincoln with his family; other topics present are Lincoln's deathbed scene, his apotheosis to heaven and a welcome by George Washington; the Peace Commission of 1865; an Indiana well dug by Lincoln during his youth; the Lincolns' Springfield home; U.S. Grant with a child (usually labeled "Grant in Peace").
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Abraham Lincoln Photograph by
Abraham Lincoln Photograph by Alexander Gardner 4.5 x 5.75 in. oval silver gelatin print on a 5.25 x 6.25 heavy cardboard mount. Unmarked but the original from a November 8 1863 sitting in Gardner's Washington studio. Condition: Fading at the center of the image.
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CDV LINCOLN PORTRAIT, TAKEN IN
CDV LINCOLN PORTRAIT, TAKEN IN THE BRADY STUDIO, 1864CDV, 1864 Brady's $5, view of Lincoln taken by Anthony Berger at Brady's Studio on February 9, 1864, on a Brady Mount in Acrylic Standing Frame
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1861 Feusier / Bouclet
1861 Feusier / Bouclet chromolithograph showing ring of oval portraits of American presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln showing clean-shaven Lincoln though he had grown a beard before taking office matted and framed behind glass not examined out of frame ss: 25'' h. x 20'' w.
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Abraham Lincoln Photograph by
Abraham Lincoln Photograph by Alexander Hesler Platinum photograph of Abraham Lincoln as he appeared directly after his nomination ca June 3rd 1860 printed by Geo. B. Ayres Philadelphia from Alexander Hesler's original negative. 4" x 5" print mounted to 9.25" x 11".
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W/C & INK ILLUSTRATION - 'Arlington
W/C & INK ILLUSTRATION - 'Arlington House the Country Home of Robert E. Lee' by Edward Penfield (NY 1866-1925) signed lower left backstamped with his name and 'Pelham Manor New York' inscribed with title 'Story by Clifton Lisle 1857-1859-1859 Wh
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Patriotic Covers Featuring a
Patriotic Covers Featuring a Beardless Abraham Lincoln Lot of 2 ca 1860-1861 patriotic covers: first is unsent featuring a beardless image of Lincoln at the center of a patriotic arrangement an image of Lincoln splitting rails outside a log cabin and the quote Constitution and the Union - Harmony and Prosperity to all printed by S. Raynor of New York; second sent to a Maine address featuring portrait of a beardless Lincoln and facsimile signature. Condition: First very good.? Second lightly soiled.
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A 19th C. black and white
A 19th C. black and white engraving, published by Bradley & Co Phila., titled 'Lincoln and His Family'. Image 17.5” x 25” Overall 27” x 33” Condition: some foxing and staining, margins cut CT Transfer Fee $10
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Antique photographic print on
Antique photographic print on paper, Abraham Lincoln, original taken by Alexander Gardner, two weeks before delivering the Gettysburg Address, 1863. Image 3” x 2” Overall 10.5” x 9” Condition: break to the glass in the top right corner CT Transfer Fee $10
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Leonard Wells Volk sculpture
Leonard Wells Volk sculpture (Chicago, Illinois, 1828-1895), Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, marked in base "Copyright by Leonard W. Volk 1891", painted plaster, 33 in. Flaking, scattered chips and flakes with retouch, accretion on base and pant leg (stain?) possibly intentional.
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Abraham Lincoln Salted Paper
Abraham Lincoln Salted Paper Photograph by Samuel Fassett Oval-length salted paper photograph of a beardless Abraham Lincoln heavily retouched 4.75 x 6.25 in. mounted 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original portrait taken in Chicago Oct. 4 1859 at the Cooke & Fassett gallery (Ostendorf O-16). Condition: With remnants of adhesive along edges of mount recto and the entirety of mount verso; previous owners penciled notes on verso.
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[Presidential Autograph Civil
[Presidential Autograph Civil War] Abraham Lincoln signed part-printed commission April 15 1861 framed appoints Willard B. Farwell to the office of Naval Officer for the District of San Francisco; signed also by Salmon P. Chase and with the seal of the Treasury Department. (Farwell 1829-1903 had been a member of the California legislature in the 1850s. Lincoln died on April 15 1865.) Estimate $ 2 500-3 500 Intersecting folds with some rumpling and other light creases. The President smudged the signature slightly in writing it.
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"Memorial Address on the Life and
"Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln" 1866, by George Bancroft. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. Light foxing.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REAL PHOTO
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REAL PHOTO POSTCARDRPPC photograph of United States President Abraham Lincoln. Overall framed size is 6" x 8". Excellent visual condition. shipping info This lot can be shipped in-house.
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Currier & Ives print, "Death of
Currier & Ives print, "Death of President Lincoln at Washington, D.C., April 15th 1865, The Nation's Martyr". 10" x 14". Extremely light foxing.