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- Portrait of Caleb B. Smith, 1861-1863 - Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Caleb Smith, President Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of the Interior, were popular subjects.
- 1861-1863
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Portrait of Caleb B. Smith, 1861-1863
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Caleb Smith, President Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of the Interior, were popular subjects.
- Engraving, "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet" 1866 - Following the American Civil War, this engraving commemorated a crucial event and became popular for classroom display across the country. On July 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln first read the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet officers. Publicly announced by Lincoln in September 1862 to become law on January 1, 1863, it was the essential first legal step in eliminating slavery.
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Engraving, "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet" 1866
Following the American Civil War, this engraving commemorated a crucial event and became popular for classroom display across the country. On July 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln first read the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet officers. Publicly announced by Lincoln in September 1862 to become law on January 1, 1863, it was the essential first legal step in eliminating slavery.