Contrary to legend, Abraham Lincoln was not born in a log cabin that he built with his own hands. But it is indisputable that he was born on February 12, 1809, and February 12, 2009 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of the sixteenth President of the United States.

By one estimate, over 14,000 books have been written about Abraham Lincoln and the words about Lincoln are beyond count. Lincoln in images is scarcely comparable to Lincoln in words, but for more than forty years The Granger Collection has been tirelessly building the most comprehensive and accessible collection of Abraham Lincoln in photographs, paintings, engravings, lithographs, cartoons, ephemera, and documents available from any single source.

Simply click on the pictures on this page to see a sampling of what The Granger Collection offers. For more illustrations on Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries and the myriad events of his lifetime, use the very functional search box on our web site to bring up what we have to offer you on slavery, Gettysburg, Jefferson Davis, Bleeding Kansas, abolition, or most any other subject.