George Clark, ambrotype campaign pin of Abraham Lincoln after a portrait by Mathew B. Brady (1860) (all images courtesy the National Portrait Gallery) Daguerreotypes were the original means by which ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Mathew Brady’s first portrait of Abraham Lincoln played a significant role in shaping Lincoln’s public image during ...

The foundation that supports the library is struggling to pay off a 2007 loan. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum may lose a few of the famed president's key artifacts -- such as a ...

On 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a ...

Mock funeral held at Lincoln Memorial marks end of penny production after President Trump's announcement to halt minting due to rising production costs.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On May 26, 1860, the illustrated newspaper Harper’s Weekly presented its readers with a large-scale portrait of ...