U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Mary Lincoln poses in an elaborate gown
Mary Todd Lincoln -- "Mrs. Abraham Lincoln" in the society-speak of the day -- poses for a photograph in a multi-layered white gown, with a garland of flowers down one side and a delicate fan in her right hand. The photograph is undated, but Mrs. Lincoln was First Lady of the United States from 1861 until her husband's death in 1865.