Abraham Lincoln at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, eight a.m., February 22, 1861, detail, zoomable image

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 21, 2011.

Depicted ContentPhiladelphia, PA

Depicted ContentAbraham Lincoln visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there secretly travels directly to Washington

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Abraham Lincoln raising a flag at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in honor of the admission of Kansas to the Union on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1861

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Photographer: Frederick De Bourg Richards