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This is an original period image from the Library of Congress, the National Archives and other quality sources restored and tinted by the internationally known color artist and author of "Restoring and Tinting Vintage Images", David Richardson. This is an exclusive listing of his work on ebay.

Each image is taken from a high resolution negative and then cleaned of blemishes, damage, scratches, and whatever the decades have caused. Then the image is carefully brought back to life by adding color to the black and white image. By using these techniques the hands of time are turned back and for the first time you can see the images in color as they might have been on the day they were taken.

You have your choice of size and finish for the photo. Note that the size you choose may require cropping and the finished image may appear slightly different than the one shown. If preferred a white border can be added above/below or left/right to allow all of the original image to print. Unless requested when placing your order, your image may be cropped. If you would like to see how a specific image will look for the size you have chosen, please contact us and indicate the size you are interested in.

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Our Metallic Photo Paper features a unique pearlescent surface. It offers highly saturated colors, ultra-bright backgrounds, and will last a lifetime with typical home storage.

Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln

Youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln

Born in April of 1853, “Tad” Lincoln had just turned eight the week before the war started. Tad’s given name was Thomas, in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s father, who had died two years before he was born. Nicknamed "Tad" due to his tendency to wriggle and his large head in comparison to his body, the nickname stuck the rest of his life.

With little discipline in the White House, Tad was free to do as he pleased. What pleased him were practical jokes. He would interrupt cabinet meetings, spray guests with a fire hose, lock servants and visitors in or out of rooms and in all manner, enjoy his time as the President’s son. Lincoln seemed to be more amused than most with Tad’s jokes and often laughed rather than provide discipline.

Like his parents, Tad enjoyed the theatre and appeared in two productions with Lincoln in attendance. On the night of Lincoln’s assassination, he was attending “Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp” at the Grover’s Theatre while his parent’s were at the Ford’s Theatre. When news was heard of the shooting, Tad was returned to the White House, where he learned the news from a staff member.

Following the assassination he and Mary moved to Chicago. It quickly became apparent that despite being tutored in the White House, he was almost completely illiterate. Within two years he was the editor of the student paper of the Chicago school he attended. The following year Mary Lincoln decided to move to Europe and settled in Frankfurt, Germany. With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, they moved to England until they returned to the U.S. in 1871. During the trip Tad became ill on the ship. His condition continued to deteriorate and within a month he died at the age of 18, most likely of tuberculosis.