Office of Historic Alexandria

The Lincoln Album

 

  • 1 Linc Alb : Cover and Title Page of the Lincoln Album

    Cover and Title Page of the Lincoln Album

  • 2 Linc Alb : Unnamed African Americans seek to be identified by Alexandrian descendants

    Unnamed African Americans seek to be identified by Alexandrian descendants

  • 3 Linc Alb : This Lincoln Album contains many pages of souvenir photos, and Cartes de Visite

    This Lincoln Album contains many pages of souvenir photos, and Cartes de Visite

Juneteenth celebrations commemorate Emancipation coming to Texas after the Civil War. Alexandria's Freedom House held a special event this Juneteenth, for the "Lincoln Album." Display panels recreate pages of the album, hopeful that local community might identify some of their ancestors.

 

This original photo album was given by the Freed People of Alexandria to President Abraham Lincoln shortly before his assassination.  

 

The Freedom House Museum was once part of the headquarters for the largest domestic slave trading firm in the United States, Franklin and Armfield. 

  

 

 

Client: Office of Historic Alexandria
Project: The Lincoln Album
Role: Design / Production
Location: Alexandria