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Images of Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 Campaign for President

How Americans Got to Know Candidate Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, before it was possible for newspapers and magazines to print photographs. Yet a very curious public received images of the candidate and his campaign.

These lithographs and photographs show Lincoln's 1860 presidential campaign as it appeared to the American public at the time.

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Engraving Based On an Iconic Mathew Brady Photograph	The Wigwam, Site of Lincoln's Nomination	Lincoln's Name Was Unfamiliar to Many Americans	Lincoln Posed for an Illinois Photographer During the Election Summer
An 1860 Campaign Banner With Lincoln's Portrait	Lincoln Supporters Called Wide-Awakes Took His Message to City Streets	A Lincoln-Hamlin Campaign Button	A Political Cartoon Poking Fun at Lincoln's Opponents
Lincoln Shown About to Smash His Struggling Foes	Lincoln and His Opponents Satirized as Baseball Players	Lincoln and Hamlin On a Campaign Banner	Lincoln Depicted Returning Home After the 1860 Campaign