[President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].

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Creator	Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor	Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Title	[President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].
Date	[February 22, 1861]
Extent	1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 23 x 16 cm.(9 x 6.25 in.)
Description	Shows Lincoln raising a large American flag while upon a flag-draped platform in front of Independence Hall. Dignitaries stand near the president, a crowd of spectators, including men in trees, surrounds the platform, and guards protect the stage.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloguer.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
	Reproduced as a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 9, 1861, p. 145.
	Reissued and copyrighted by Theodore S. Hacker in 1865.
	Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Genre	Salted paper prints 1850-1860.
Subject	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Public appearances.
	Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Flag raising and lowering.
	Spectators--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
Is part of	Civil War Miscellany
Has format	TMP.objres.4104.jpg
Call number	Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photo - Richards - Events [(3)1322.F.7b]
Accession number	(3)1322.F.7b

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