Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Picturing Lincoln
The Digital Archive Group
Abraham Lincoln is considered to be one of America’s greatest presidents, having issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1861. The Lincoln Presidential Library is a research library housing books, papers, photos and artifacts related to Lincoln’s life and the American Civil War.
TDAG was proud to have been selected to lead the “Picturing Lincoln” project to digitize and metadata tag the entire visual images collection held at the Lincoln Presidential Library. The materials to be digitized included over 7,500 rare and valuable photographs, broadsides, prints, and ephemera.
Due to the materials’ age, condition, and priceless value, TDAG moved two of our imaging systems, photographic lighting, and a team of certified image technicians onsite into the library’s vault to perform the project.
TDAG technicians carefully digitized and captured the materials, moving them with surgical instruments and cardboard to reduce handling and any further damage. The assets ranged in size from tiny 1” locket photographs to large posters measuring 3’ x 4’. All materials were captured under strict FAGI guidelines with metadata and file naming convention to match existing assets within the Lincoln Library asset management system.
