Printing Block, Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Hand on Book, 1860-1900

Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces a famous Mathew Brady photograph of Lincoln taken in 1860.