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The "Gettysburg Portrait"
Alexander Gardner captured this photo of President Lincoln four months after the Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War. Lincoln visited Gardner's studio, located at 7th and D Streets, NW, eleven days before delivering the Gettysburg Address. During another photoshoot on the same day, Gardner also photographed Lincoln and his secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay together, showing the strength of the Union government. |