The Proclamation of Emancipation by Abraham Lincoln
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@ Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ames, D. T
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CDV, Abraham Lincoln, bearded, head and shoulders, within central oval with facsimile of Emancipation Proclamation in background and eagle above, surrounded by oval portraits of ten Cabinet officers and four Union officers at corners, in uniform; photograph of an illustration by D.T. Ames with portrait of Lincoln based on a photograph taken by Anthony Berger in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864. Advertisement for Ames' National Business College in Syracuse, N.Y., on reverse.
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