    
Title: Pennsylvania Avenue, in 1843 Description: Washington, D.C.'s main thoroughfare, Pennsylvania avenue, in 1843 , four years before Abraham Lincoln (February 25, 1809-April 15, 1865), future sixteenth President of the U.S. (1861-1865), arrived there as a U.S. Representative from Illinois; Washington was then part country town and urban center with a population of about 40,000; Lincoln was horrified to see slave auctions near the Capitol building, but Washington was very much a southern city at the time; Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: politicians, presidents of the U.S., slavery, U.S. Congress, U.S. Presidents, Washington, D.C. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2100 x 2305 (4.84 MPixels) (1.10) Print Size: 17.8 x 19.5 cm; 7.0 x 7.7 inches File Size: 13.88 MB (14,552,420 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530494 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
