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File Details: AJKVm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 22.5 Mb

Image ID: AJKV

Credit:

by Gardner (Alexander)

Date:

1865.03.04

Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.

Equipment:

flag

Locations & Lines:

Washington DC; District of Columbia

Persons:

Lincoln (Abraham); Johnson (Andrew); Nicolay (John G.)

Structures & Establishments:

US Capitol (Washington DC)

Sources:

Allen County Public Library; Chrysler Museum of Art; Illinois Library; Library of Congress

Library of Congress says: Abraham Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address as President of the United States, Washington, D.C. 1865 March 4.

Illinois Library says: The President is reading from his manuscript. Mr. Nicolay, one of his secretaries, is standing behind the empty chair. Vice President Johnson’s face is hidden by the hat held in his left hand.

The men seated to the right of Lincoln appear to be the Supreme Court.

Ostendorf, no. 108
Meserve, no. 90