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Are the clothes similar? The furnishings? Students can learn how to use these visual clues to date artifacts and historical events. Nonetheless students can look at the background of the image for clues to the accuracy of the movie setting. The artist William Bell Waugh, for example, has placed a bust of Washington right over Lincoln's shoulder. The one below ( and found at this link) is also from 1866, when hero worship may be settling in. Likewise, we have two images of the Lincoln family.

Can students identify the members from the movie? Are the members shown the same as were actually on the cabinet at the end of Lincoln's life? (Time here to check out a secondary source.) What were their roles and political views about the War's progress and its goals? However if you click on the image, you can zoom in using our Digital Library function and see the faces of the cabinet members. The image above of Lincoln's cabinet dates to 1866, making it posthumous to Lincoln.

Some graphic sources from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania may be able to help. One exercise is to the judge the accuracy of the film. I wonder if any of you are using the movie's popularity as a way of discussing the Civil War or the 13th Amendment in your classroom? Share your ideas here. Fascinating movie for portraying Lincoln as the consummate politician - and a good period piece too.

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