The Lincoln Family Album: Source Notes

These five photos and source details come from the published Continuum Demo Library. Historical identities and dates follow those source records. Physical prints, sizes, and storage arrangements in the walkthrough are simulated; they do not claim possession of institutional originals.

Photo 1: Abraham Lincoln seated with newspaper and glasses

Date: 1863-08-09 to 1863-08-09

Place: Washington, D.C.

People: Abraham Lincoln

Albumen carte-de-visite print; capture date distinguished from later printing. Creator: Alexander Gardner. Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680388/ Public domain in the United States: historical photograph published before 1931; source object and publication dates recorded by the Library of Congress. No new copyright is asserted in this faithful reproduction. LOC identifies a historical photographic print. PRT_HARDCOPY describes the selected print object; it does not assert that every historical negative has been lost. Demo access copy; faithful display rendition. Original source link retained.

Photo 2: Lincoln with secretaries John Nicolay and John Hay

Date: 1863-11-08 to 1863-11-08

Place: Washington, D.C.

People: John G. Nicolay, Abraham Lincoln, John Hay

Albumen photograph; source records 1863 exposure and 1884 copyright date for this print. Creator: Alexander Gardner. Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680250/ Public domain in the United States: historical photograph published before 1931; source object and publication dates recorded by the Library of Congress. No new copyright is asserted in this faithful reproduction. LOC identifies a historical photographic print. PRT_HARDCOPY describes the selected print object; it does not assert that every historical negative has been lost. Demo access copy; faithful display rendition. Original source link retained.

Photo 3: Abraham and Tad Lincoln looking at a photograph album

Date: 1864-02-09 to 1864-02-09

Place: Washington, D.C.

People: Abraham Lincoln, Tad Lincoln

Albumen print. Photographer omitted here because the consulted record did not establish the attribution. Creator: . Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/96502931/ Public domain in the United States: historical photograph published before 1931; source object and publication dates recorded by the Library of Congress. No new copyright is asserted in this faithful reproduction. LOC identifies a historical photographic print. PRT_HARDCOPY describes the selected print object; it does not assert that every historical negative has been lost. Demo access copy; faithful display rendition. Original source link retained.

Photo 4: Abraham Lincoln portrait on an album page

Date: 1864-02-09 to 1864-02-09

Place: Not established

People: Abraham Lincoln

Albumen print on an album page; the print is the selected historical object. Creator: . Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680422/ Public domain in the United States: historical photograph published before 1931; source object and publication dates recorded by the Library of Congress. No new copyright is asserted in this faithful reproduction. LOC identifies a historical photographic print. PRT_HARDCOPY describes the selected print object; it does not assert that every historical negative has been lost. Demo access copy; faithful display rendition. Original source link retained.

Photo 5: Mary Todd Lincoln carte de visite

Date: 1860 to 1865

Place: Not established

People: Mary Todd Lincoln

Albumen carte de visite, published by E. & H. T. Anthony; approximate source date 1860–1865. Publication city is not asserted as capture location. Creator: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries. Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.83431/ Public domain in the United States: historical photograph published before 1931; source object and publication dates recorded by the Library of Congress. No new copyright is asserted in this faithful reproduction. LOC identifies a historical photographic print. PRT_HARDCOPY describes the selected print object; it does not assert that every historical negative has been lost. Demo access copy; faithful display rendition. Original source link retained.