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File:Lincoln button 1860.jpg

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English: Campaign button for Abraham Lincoln, 1860. Portrait appears in tintype. Reverse side of button is a tintype of running mate Hannibal Hamlin. One of the earliest examples of photographic images on political buttons.
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Source Library of Congress[1]
Author
Mathew Benjamin Brady  (1822–1896)  wikidata:Q187850 q:pl:Mathew B. Brady
 
Mathew Benjamin Brady
Description American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 18 May 1822 Edit this at Wikidata 15 January 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York Manhattan
Work period from 1844 until circa 1887
date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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New York City, Washington, D.C.
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creator QS:P170,Q187850
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Reverse with Hamlin is at File:Hamlin button 1860.jpg.

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