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President Lincoln Photo From February 1865 – Compare the Original Photo and Colorized Version

Published February 1, 2012

Check out this famous photo of President Lincoln from February 1865, and compare it to the colorized version. Amazing and spooky! #Lincoln #History #GhostsofDC

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This is a very famous photo of President Lincoln from February 5th, 1865. The President would be assassinated a short two months later at Ford’s Theatre. I also found a colorized photo of the one taken by Alexander Gardner. Compare the two of them … the colorized one looks amazing, and kind of spooky.

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Here’s the color one again for a closer look. Wow.

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Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

This was another gem from Shorpy, posted by their user, Tacoma.

Posted in Notable People & Places, The Best Of
and tagged 1860s, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

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