Lincoln's Log Cabin

William J. Root (b. 1854)

Date

1891
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 3 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.
Mount: 4 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: COPYRIGHTED 1891 \ BY ABRAHM [sic] LINCOLN \ LOG CABIN ASS'N.
l.r. in image: ROOT CHICAGO
c. in ink [sideways]: HONEST ABE
Mount Recto:
l.c. printed: LINCOLN'S LOG CABIN.
Mount Verso:
u.l. in ink: [illeg.] Whiteley
c. [vertical] printed: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. \ [photo of Lincoln] \ "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL."
l.l. printed: BORN FEB. 12, 1809. \ ELECTED PRESIDENT NOV. 6 1860.
l.r. printed: RE-ELECTED NOV. 8, 1864 \ DIED APRIL 15, 1865.
l.c. printed: This Log Cabin was built by Abraham Lincoln and his father on Goose \ Nest Prairie, near Farmington, Illinois, in 1831. \ (8) Rear of cabin, showing ox-yoke worn by oxen which were driven by Abraham Lincoln \ when his family moved to Illinois, and were used on oxen in \ hauling the logs to build this cabin.
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.45.256
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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