Presidential Portraits
     
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are two of the most famous U.S. presidents. This project helps students to learn about these presidents while also using objective and subjective techniques to analyze primary source images and to contemplate how presidents are portrayed.



 
     
     
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Stuart, Gilbert; engraved by Sadd, Henry S. "George Washington." 1844. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
 
     
     
 
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1909. "Photograph of Abraham Lincoln standing next to a desk." Chicago Historical Society. Accessed from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection - Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933