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Title: Photos of crowd at Lincoln inauguration recently discovered
Post by: Dixie*Darling on January 17, 2008, 05:16:30 PM

PICS:  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/16/lincoln.inauguration/index.html

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The Library of Congress had long mislabeled the 1865 images. An online reader was the first to question the mistake.

By Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 17, 2008

WASHINGTON -- The Library of Congress on Wednesday unveiled three photo negatives -- long mislabeled -- of the crowd that gathered at the Capitol for Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.

More here:  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lincoln17jan17,0,7728955.story

Title: Re: Photos of crowd at Lincoln inauguration recently discovered
Post by: RightCoast on January 17, 2008, 05:28:46 PM

That's pretty amazing.

Title: Re: Photos of crowd at Lincoln inauguration recently discovered
Post by: gore_bites on January 17, 2008, 05:39:36 PM

"....despite growing concerns about his safety, Lincoln shook 6000 hands that day...."

Wow, that's pretty amazing.