    
Title: Reconstruction of the General Store Where Abraham Lincoln Worked as a Clerk Description: Photograph of a reconstruction of the general store in New Salem, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln (February 25, 1809-April 15, 1865); future sixteenth President of the U.S. (1861-1865), worked as a clerk when he was a young man; townsmen and farmers often had a drink of liquor at the store and Lincoln became popular telling them jokes and stories; he got his nickname "Honest Abe" because of dealing fairly with customers; Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: clerks, general stores, Honest Abe, honesty, Illinois, Kentucky, New Salem, Illinois, presidents of the U.S, store clerks, U.S. presidents. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2400 x 1377 (3.30 MPixels) (1.74) Print Size: 20.3 x 11.7 cm; 8.0 x 4.6 inches File Size: 9.48 MB (9,942,266 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530474 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
