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Lot 96
Sale 6560 - The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale
Mar 26, 2026
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,664
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Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. [WALKER, Lewis Emory (1822-1880), photog.]. CDV of Lincoln with a "crew cut." February 1865.
CDV on cardstock mount of Abraham Lincoln, known as "Lincoln with a crew cut," long attributed to Mathew Brady, but actually taken by Lewis Emory Walker, a government photographer, about February 1865, and published for him by E. & H.T. Anthony (O-103). Verso with E. & H.T. Anthony's New York studio mark. (Image and borders toned, scattered staining to image and mount, corners rounded.)
The President's hair is cropped so close that it stands almost straight up, giving him a startled look. "His hair was every way for Sunday," commented Henry Ward Beecher. 'It looked as though it was an abandoned stubble field."
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Ostendorf O-104
This lot is located in Chicago.