The Father and the Preserver of Our Country
| Description: |
CDV, Abraham Lincoln, bearded, and George Washington, head and shoulder vignettes, with American eagle above and Columbia with freed slave in center below flanked by symbols of agriculture and war; image reversed so that text labeling Washington as The Father and Lincoln as The Preserver read in reverse; oval tintype enclosed in card with embossed decorative frame |
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| Origin: | 1865 |
| Created By: |
George W. Godfrey & Co. |
| Publisher: |
Sunbeam Gallery |
| Source: |
http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/cdm/ref/collection/p15155coll1/id/1552 |
| Collection: |
Lincoln Library Photographs |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/home/research/eresources/lincoln/lincoln-rights |
| Geography: |
Rochester, New York |
| Subjects: |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Washington, George, 1732-1799 Slaves--United States--1860-1870 |
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