LONG-LOST ABE [ HISTORIC PHOTO'S AMAZING COMEBACK]

New York Post ^ | January 31 2009 | BEN DOBBIN, AP

[Mr_Moonlight]

ROCHESTER, NY - Seated by a window in the Illinois state Capitol in 1860, a beardless Abraham Lincoln held still 25 seconds for a classic campaign portrait of the soon-to-be president. It was undoubtedly a personal favorite.

"That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen," Lincoln said in a letter to photographer Alexander Hesler. "If it pleases the people, I am satisfied."

To mark the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, the long-lost positive transparency of this photograph goes on display beginning tomorrow at the George Eastman House museum of photography in Rochester.

[Mr_Moonlight]

(To FR Mods: Hope the content of this post doesn't run askew of AP's fair use policy, if it does then please let me know so that it can be reposted within those parameters ... its an interesting historical piece which I feel might be of interest to FReepers)

Thanks,
MM

[cripplecreek]

Very interesting guy.

[Redbob]

Looks remarkably like the guy who lived across the hall from jerry Seinfeld...

[Mr_Moonlight]

hahahaaa ... well, Kramer was one bizarre dude too, ehhh ? /laughs

[FReepaholic]

Cosmo Kramer

[Daffynition]

[Palladin]

Same hair.

[trisham]

Wow.

[MaxMax]

No you didn't!!

LMAO

[Daffynition]

Thanks for this post. I didn't mean to be silly on your thread, but Redbob's comment struck a chord with me, as I thought that too.

[Daffynition]

No I didn't! Honest!

[Mr_Moonlight]

Well, this thread certainly got hijacked quickly, ehhh? /laughs

Oh well, no sweat ... such is life in the big FReep :)

[trisham]

Heh. :)

[Daffynition]

Truly, I'm sorry.

"...goes on display beginning tomorrow at the George Eastman House museum of photography in Rochester."

Coincidentally, I was looking at some lantern slides of Eastman's this morning online. One of these days, I have to get to this museum!

[gardengirl]

My parents used to have an lp record with songs from the Civil War. I don’t remember much about the songs but there were pics of Lincoln, before and after. It always struck me how much difference there was. He aged so much and looked so sad at the end.

[gardengirl]

My parents used to have an lp record with songs from the Civil War. I don’t remember much about the songs but there were pics of Lincoln, before and after. It always struck me how much difference there was. He aged so much and looked so sad at the end.

[oh8eleven]

One of these days, I have to get to this museum!
Hint - wait 'til the snow stops.

[Paved Paradise]

That’s pretty funny. There is a resemblance.

[Rome2000]

I can appreciate where he was coming from but “preserving the union” was the worst thing that ever happened to the Republic.