Comments on: Rediscovered photos from Lincoln's second inauguration

Rediscovered photos from Lincoln's second inauguration

wowbobwow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:39:18 -0800

The Library of Congress has discovered new photographs taken in 1865 at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration. For years they were filed under President Grant's archive, mislabeled into obscurity. Incidentally, this week will be the grand opening of Lincoln's summer "cottage" in northwest DC.

By: wowbobwow

wowbobwow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:43:58 -0800

Ahem, my "apologies" for overuse of quotations. Have a grand Presidents' Day.

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:20:18 -0800

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:43:17 -0800

More or less a double post. Is that a joke? The previous post was about Gettysburg; this is about the second inauguration. Nice post, thanks!

By: Postroad

Postroad — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:06:39 -0800

what interests me in photos newly found of Abe is that the man was 6'4" and he added a top hat to make himnself even taller looking. Why not wear a baseball hat, say with NY Yankees cap?

By: Floydd

Floydd — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:15:11 -0800

Better yet, Postroad, how about a Brooklyn Atlantics cap?

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:11:30 -0800

Oops. A mistake. Damn.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:44:13 -0800

Uh, Abe was from Springfield. And his sport was swordsmanship.

By: quin

quin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:44:43 -0800

Hurm. I figured that I would just look for the guy in the stove pipe hat. Unfortunately, that won't work too well. Nifty to see these coming to light after all these years.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:28:38 -0800

Damn. I thought that it would be a photo from an angle that showed a hooker kneeling in the inaugural podium.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:45:48 -0800

This is a nifty story and apropos for President's Day here in the US. Thanks.

By: aldus_manutius

aldus_manutius — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:19:31 -0800

Once again, my friends: Bow down and worship at the feet of your Librarian or Archivist. WE HAVE THE POWER TO ELEVATE THE LOWLY AND TO BRING LOW THE MIGHTY! Muahahahahahahahahahahah! But seriously ...reading the NPR story underlines the difficulty those of us who do this sort of thing face when dealing with cultural heritage artifacts and how easily things can get put in The Wrong Place. How many Mefites can read a Copperplate or Palmer hand anymore ... much less one a Carolingian one?