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| Keywords: Lincoln O-118 by Garnder, 1865.jpg On Sunday February 5 1865 at Gardner's Gallery in Washington DC Alexander Gardner took several multiple-lens pictures of the President Before this session ended Gardner asked the president for one last pose He moved his camera closer and took a photograph of Lincoln ™s head shoulders and chest Mysteriously the glass plate negative cracked Gardner carefully took it to his dark room and was able to make one print with an ominous crack across Lincoln ™s face before it broke completely and was discarded This print known as O-118 still exists to this day Over the years many people have associated this crack with a symbolic foretelling of the assassin ™s bullet that awaited Lincoln 10 weeks later 1865 2 5 photograph object history exhibition history credit line O-118 M-100 accession number civilwarinvirginia http //civilwarinvirginia files wordpress com/2011/04/lincolnlastphoto jpg http //www npg si edu/exhibit/lincoln/pop-ups/02-18 html PD-Art Abraham Lincoln in 1865 1865 portrait photographs | ||||
