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Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Vinnie Ream, 1870

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Vinnie Ream, 1870

 

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Vinnie Ream, 1870

When Congress commissioned this statue from Ream in 1866, she was only 18 years old.

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