| Contributor |
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930, artist. |
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Wolf & Co., printer. 1863-1930, artist. |
| Title |
[Abraham Lincoln miscellany] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States], [ca. 1880- 1909] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1880-1909 |
| Physical Description |
8 photographs : 6 halftone photomechanical prints; 2 color halftone photomechanical prints; and 1 collotype ; sheet 28 x 18
cm (11 x 7 in.) or smaller.
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| Description |
Collection of miscellaneous Lincoln prints and ephemera, including a circa 1880 right-profile, photo mechanical portrait print
of the president; 1909 souvenirs from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLUS) and the Philadelphia
Electric Company in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Lincoln; and a series of ca. 1890 illustrations of medals
commemorating and memorializing him. Imagery on souvenirs includes a portrait of Lincoln bordered by an American and MOLUS
flag and the reproduced Jean Leon Gerome Ferris painting "Lincoln and the Contrabands" depicting Lincoln greeting an African
American woman freedom seeker with her two children. Scene also shows African American men and women freedom seekers near
a Union soldier, including a woman sitting with her head in her hands and an older man who takes his hat off.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Artists, printers, and publishers include Jean Leon Gerome Ferris and Wolf & Co. |
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5792.F.94c contains copyright statement: painting only copyrighted, Wolf & Co, Philada, 1908. |
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During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war." |
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RVCDC |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points 2021. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits. |
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. |
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Philadelphia Electric Company. |
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African American children. |
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African American men. |
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African American women. |
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Freedmen -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Medals. |
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Presidents -- United States. |
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Women -- United States. |
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Free persons -- Civil War, 1861-1965. |
|
Freedom seekers. |
| Genre |
Collotypes -- 1870-1880. |
|
Ephemera -- 1880-1910. |
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Halftone photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910. |
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Halftone photomechanical prints -- 1880-1890. |
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Portrait prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Reproductions -- 1900-1910. |
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Souvenirs -- 1900-1910. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Lincoln [5792.F.88d; 5792.F.92a-d&93a&c; 5792.F.93d; and 5792.F.94c] |
| Accession number |
5792.F various |
