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It looks like he is playing with something in his hands. I wonder what that was? A watch perhaps. A coin. Interesting.

On closer inspection, I see a watch chain over his thumb -- must be his watch.

I really like this one. We've all seen so many photos of Lincoln with the same serious face, where here he's almost smiling and he's definitely fiddling with a watch or something. Makes him seem more like a real person.

A much earlier photo also shows his left hand blurry. He would have sat for enough long exposure photos to know he shouldn't fiddle with his hands while posing. I think he couldn't completely control his left hand for some reason.

A President of a country usually is not a professional on modeling, and usually the gesture a person posed reflects his personality and style. From this image, Lincoln, a man focus on his work, looks relax even though in a tiresome smile. It must be very tough to be a President during Civil War, and to be a White male to conduct slavery abolishment that means he was working under life threaten condition when he needs to faces the crowd on this issue. The passion and tension over so many public issues. Is it good to be a leader?

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i hope this does not sound irreverent but Lincoln looks a little like Mr. Spock here -- Seen in your Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) set. (?)

So cool to see this but I have to say the fashions were sure baggy. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

To me, viewing these old pictures that clearly illustrates the life that way back to the time of 1800's which is almost 200 years ago. From these pictures that I can see the quality of their lives at that time in contrasting to today's fashion. To me, these images represent the long journey of this country's change within these 200 years. The material life at that time, frankily speaking, as a President of USA, Lincoln should be able to represent the best material life that a person could process; but what we can see from these pictures in comparing today what we could have in this modern society is different. Thinking their lives at that time also illustrated the best of material life over all human society worldwide. We shall feel lucky and appreciate the efforts they have made for today's our lives.

The Lincoln cabinet, a few of them in part, were potential martrys as well.

Wow, I have never seen this one and I have seen a LOT of Lincoln images.

very cool....and again, so young looking. but i guess being president, war and the enormous amounts of stress he was obviously under will age you.

The facial expression is interesting... and he reminds me of Kramer in that photo (as in, Seinfeld).

I collected campaign buttons as a child; my requirement was that I usually received them from the candidate or at a campaign event. (I probably still have them somewhere.) I'd not seen them before from this early, though, and would be interested if anyone knows more about the provision (where they given away, free? what did they cost the campaign to make?) and use (this looks like it might have been worn on a chain?) of campaign buttons at the time. (edit: almost none of mine, most from the 1970s, had photographs on them)

I've seen hundreds of Lincoln photos, being a Civil War buff, but I've never seen this shot. Thanks for posting it.