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Brenda Elthon
Aug 09, 2023
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On this date in 1863, President Lincoln walked from the White House to Alexander Gardner’s new photography studio at 7th and D Streets and posed for a series of pictures, including this one.

Lincoln had agreed to be his first customer.

Gardner (above, left), a recent Scottish immigrant and former employee of photographer Mathew Brady, had recently achieve…

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