Abraham Lincoln represented the new man of the American West, and his rise to the presidency is an unprecedented story of personal ambition combining with historical circumstances. Born poor, ...
James of The Action Lab conducted an amusing experiment where he launched a snowball made of -346°F (-210°C) nitrogen at a mask of Abraham Lincoln’s face. Upon the first try, the snowball ...
National Portrait Gallery historian David C. Ward discusses images of Abraham Lincoln that document his life in the White House (Anika Gupta, Beth Py-Lieberman, Jesse Rhodes and Ryan Reed).