Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
February marks 200 years since the birth of Abraham Lincoln
223500 Abraham Lincoln, 1860 (oil on canvas) by Thomas Hicks (1823-90), Chicago History Museum, USA Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 in a one-room log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His parents were poor pioneer farmers and Lincoln was largely self-educated.
The 16th President of the United States successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. He was the first American president to be assassinated.
Bridgeman has an exceptional collection of American Presidential history in our archive. The Chicago History Museum is a wonderful resource for historical images of the American Midwest including the Civil War and Lincoln's Illinois days. Peter Newark American Pictures is exceptionally rich in its holdings of American history including candid photographs of Presidents and campaign ephemera. Bridgeman also represents over eight hundred images from the The New-York Historical Society, a fantastic resource for among other things, Presidential portraits. In addition to Chicago and New-York, Bridgeman represents more historical societies than any other archive including: Pennsylvania, California, Virginia, Massachussetts, Dallas, Vermont and Southern Florida.
