My ex-wife is a direct descendant of Matthew Brady. Kinda cool, but her parents and grand parents didn't keep up with any of it, so it is also kinda meaningless. Also, she's my ex-wife for a reason and thinking about her right now makes me want to vomit. Thanks, Tom, for dredging up that feeling. :-)
-- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net Tom C wrote: >>From today's Writer's Almanac: > > It was on this day in 1860 that the photographer Mathew Brady took the first > of several portraits of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was just a presidential > hopeful at the time, and he stopped by Mathew Brady's portrait gallery in > New York City on his way to give an antislavery speech at the Cooper Union, > and he thought a portrait might help his presidential campaign. > > The portrait was difficult to take, in part because Lincoln was so tall. > Brady usually used a head clamp to immobilize his subjects, but the clamp > didn't reach Lincoln's head. So Lincoln had to stand absolutely still for > several minutes of his own free will. The photograph worked out, though, and > it was published on the cover of Harper's Weekly. Lincoln later claimed the > photograph and the Cooper's Union had made him president. > > -------------------- > > It's interesting that he thought a portrait might help is campaign. > > Tom C. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
