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Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype Portrait and Presidential Election Campaign Badge, 1860
Clark, George, Jr., Clough, A. F., and S. Peck & Company1860
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This portrait of Abraham Lincoln was used as a campaign badge during the 1860 presidential election. It was originally housed in an oval brass frame and pinned to one's clothing. The ambrotype is based on a photograph of Lincoln taken by Mathew B. Brady on February 27, 1860. Lincoln was in New York City to give a speech at Cooper Union.
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- Title: Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype Portrait and Presidential Election Campaign Badge, 1860
- Creator: Clark, George, Jr., Clough, A. F., S. Peck & Company
- Date: 1860
- Date Created: 1860
- Location: United States, Connecticut, New Haven, United States, Massachusetts, Boston, United States, New Hampshire, Warren
- Subject Keywords: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Ambrotypes (Photographs), Badges, Cased photographs, Photograph cases, Photographs, Studio portraits, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Political campaigns, Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, United States presidents
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Ambrotype (Photograph)
- Object ID: 2005.0.31.74
- Image ID: THF60037
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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