2-660-867 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865', 1934. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way to the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]