Museum Acquires Rare Original Ambrotype Photo of Abraham Lincoln

Museum Acquires Rare Original Ambrotype Photo of Abraham Lincoln

A rare original ambrotype photograph of Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the museum in the city where the image was taken in 1858.

'One-of-a-kind' Lincoln portrait, taken in Peoria, displayed at Riverfront museum

The Peoria Riverfront Museum has acquired a rare 1858 ambrotype known as the Peoria Portrait, a unique photograph of a beardless Abraham Lincoln taken by Roderick M. Cole.