[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860] [graphic].

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860] [graphic]. Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895, photographer. still image Portrait photographs 1860. gmgpc Photographic prints 1860. gmgpc [Springfield, Ill., 1860] eng "Not long after Lincoln's nomination [for president], a Chicago reporter visited his home and noticed a framed photograph over the sofa. Likely it was one of the Hesler poses ... Observed the nominee: 'That picture gives a very fair representation of my homely face.'" (Source: Ostendorf, p. 48) Title devised by Library staff. Ostendorf, Meserve, Louis M. Rabinowitz; Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 48. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19200 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a17550 No known restrictions on publication.