2-710-220 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Abraham Lincoln, 1857, (1930). Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way to the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy. From "Lincoln" by Emil Ludwig. [G. P. Putnam's Sons, London & New York, 1930]