This daguerreotype is the earliest confirmed photographic image of Abraham Lincoln. It was reportedly made in 1846 by Nicholas H. Shepherd shortly after Lincoln was elected to the United States House of Representatives. [473 x 600]

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1. seehorn_actual

   Anyone knowledgeable on daguerreotypes able to explain why his hands look so disproportionate to his body and head?

2. CottonEyeJoe1603

   Who’s this baby? Where’s the president with his beard

3. Banana_Ram_You

   I like Presidents who don’t have small hands