“Abraham Lincoln’s legacy belongs to the world, so the whole world should be able to see these images. They show the highs and lows of President Lincoln’s life, remind us of the nation’s ...

Looking at a picture of Abraham Lincoln in October 1860 ... not known to be terribly good-looking. One image helped fight the idea that Lincoln was irredeemably unattractive.

An ambrotype image of President Abraham Lincoln circa 1858. During his U.S. Senate campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln sat for a photograph after politicking in western Illinois and ...