i don't think noah brooks was there. there's nothing in nicolay's diary to suggest he was there. , he does -- brooks does say he was there. anyway, lincoln and john nicolay -- i'm sorry, lincoln and john nicolay soon arrive after them. five photographs of lincoln were taken during this summer sitting. two of the photographs were paid for by mrs. ames. by "paid for," i believe she retains copyright to those two images. little different in those days. she also obtained and -- the p copyright to both. lincoln gettysburg was hers, often discussed in art history as being the first great modern photograph and, yes, it is true. but i believe, as do others, that the photo was taken under strict direction of mrs. ames for getting exact facial measurements. she didn't have the right measurements of lincoln. you know lincoln's face. she wanted exacting measurements of that face. so, she asked gardner to shoot this very close photograph. and i was just reading today about how gardner probably didn't even realize how great the photograph was that he had until someone actually had a really tigh

according to noah brooks, he thought the chief characteristic of american humor was its grotesqueness and -- he loved the story of the village drunkard. a lot of drunks in lincoln's stories. onastrophically intoxicated a day of heavy rain, staggered down an alley and fell asleep in a bed of mud. waking as it was getting dark, he saw -- sought out the public pump to wash himself. he saw another drunk leaning over a horse post which he mistook for the pump and took the arm of this man for the handle, which set the argument to throwing up. -- occupant to throwing up. he gave himself a thorough washing and made his way to the what -- the grocery. as he ended, one of the comrades, horrified by the extreme, what is the matter? he replied, you want to have seen me before i was washed. maybe no surprise lincoln celebrated craftsmanship, economy, energy and color of prose should have loved humorists possibilities of the english language. particularly usages and meanings of words. he smiled at the, as he put it, at the dutchman's expression of somebody tying his dog lose. -- dog loose. he took

noah brooks in 1895 describes being there.ong and a lot of people including myself don't believe he was there. he was recollecting much later than the time. he say that is lincoln was sitting there. if you see that photograph of lincoln sitting, there's an envelope. he said that's everett's copy of the gettysburg address. at that point, though, everett was still working on the speech. i don't think that noah was there. there's nothing to suggest he was there, although brooks suggests he was there. anyway, lincoln and john hays soon arrive after them. the five photographs of lincoln were taken during this summer sitting. two of the photographs were paid for by mrs. ames. by paid for, i believe she retains copy right to those two images. she also obtained the copy right to both. it was hers and is discussed as being the first great modern photograph. it is true. i believe, as do others, that the photo was taken under strict direction of mrs. ames for getting exact facial measurements. she didn't have the right measurements. you

i do not think noah brooks was there. e is nothing in the diary to suggest he was there, although brooks does say he was there. anyway. late --and john nick john haze diary. lincoln and john arrive soon after them. five photographs of lincoln were taken during the summer sitting. two of the photographs were paid for by mrs. ames. by paid for, i believe she retained copyright to the two images. a little different in those days. she also -- the copyright to both. lincoln gettysburg was hers. it is often discussed as the first great modern photographic i believe the photo was taken under strict direction of mrs. ames forgetting exact facial measurements. she did not have the right measurements. you know lincoln's face page she wanted exacting measurements of that face. she asked gardner to shoot this very close photograph. i was just reading today about how gardner probably did not even realize how great the photograph he had was until someone had a tight crop of that beautiful photograph. photographed deep down his chest for

noah brooks in 1895 describes being there that day.ets it wrong, though it gets the date wrong and a lot of people including myself don't believe he was there. he was wreck a letting -- recollecting much later than the time. he says lincoln was sitting -- if you see the photo you see what looks like an envelope, he copy oft was everett's the gettysburg address but at that point, everett was still working on the speech. i don't think brooks was there. nikolai'sothing in diary to suggest he was there, although brooks does say he was there. anyway. john hayes -- lincoln and john -- soon arrived after him. were paid photographs for by misses ames. i believe she retains copyright to those two images. a little different in those days. -- the copyright to both. the lincoln gettysburg was hers, often discussed in art history as being the first rate modern photograph. i believe, s2 others, the photo was taken under strict direction of misses ames forgetting exact facial measurements. she didn't have the right measurement spirit you know lincoln