Antique celluloid pin back button with a full color bust view illustration of President Abraham Lincoln. This is what is known as the famous $5 bill pose. The original image was taken by Anthony Berger, of Mathew Brady's Gallery, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 9, 1864. The button measures 1 1/4 x 1 1/4. Complete with the original pin on the reverse. Manufacturer's imprint on the reverse: Wm. Lehmberg & Sons, 138 N. 10th St., Phila., Pa. Very fine condition, and nice to have one of these pins with the manufacturer's imprint still in place. These celluloid buttons of President Lincoln are extremely popular.
WBTS Trivia: Thirty years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln said, "I have always thought this Brady photograph of my father to be the most satisfactory likeness of him."
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