Positives from original ink and wash by Lloyd Ostendorf 1972
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Subject: President-elect Lincoln bids farewell to his Stepmother.
Description: President-elect Lincoln presents his Stepmother with a black woolen dress as he bids her farewell on January 31, 1861 at Farmington, Illinois, shortly before he left Illinois for Washington. It was the last time he ever saw her.
A color portrait was made of this scene, and hangs in either Mattoon or Charleston, Illinois.