Abraham Lincoln (United States, 1930)


Figure 1.--There are a couple of children depicted. Abe's 12 year old brother appears in one scene. He arrives. He looks at baby Abe. Then he walks over to dad and talks to mum who is a little weak after giving birth. The pictures are not very clear but clothes are interesting, but they do not seem quite right for the period.

The poor boy from Illinois rises to save the union. I haven't seen this, but thought Abe may be depicted as a boy at the beginning of the film. Unfortunately there is no depiction of Abraham as a boy. Certainly at least a brief scene is in order when his new stepmother Nancy Habks arrives and finds Abe and his sister virtually starving in the cabin. Nor are Willie and Tad depicted in the White House, another serious omission. There are a couple of children depicted. Abe's 12 year old brother appears in one scene. He arrives. He looks at baby Abe. Then he walks over to dad and talks to mum who is a little weak after giving birth. The pictures are not very clear but clothes are interesting. A cap which is hard to make out, and long trousers. I also think he is wearing boots. I don't think there is any way of knowing how Abe's brother was dressed at the time. The clothing depicted are simply imaginative. They don't seem to me very accurate for the time and place. A reader writes, "Abe's parents were poor people who lived in a small log cabin. Recall seeing a quick glimce of said cabin on one of my journeys to Springfield."








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