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“These images, by artist Lloyd Ostendorf, depict a young Abraham Lincoln during his service in the
1832 Black Hawk War. Elected as the captain of the company formed at New Salem by the men he
would serve with, Mr. Lincoln would later write in 1859 that it was ‘a success which gave me more
pleasure than any which I have had since.’”

What better way to reintroduce…
“Lincoln the Veteran” than with
illustrations by world-renowned artist,
author and WWII United States Army
Air Corps veteran, Lloyd Ostendorf,
1921-2000. He used his talents to tell the
story of the life and legacy of Abraham
Lincoln.

Mr. Ostendorf authored countless books,
articles and periodicals pertaining to
Abraham Lincoln. He was a professional
portrait painter, lecturer, and collector
of Lincoln memorabilia and original
Lloyd Ostendorf, artist, shown with two of his photographs.
works published to promote an art fair at
Wright-Patterson Air Base. Mr. Ostendorf was widely recognized
as the world’s foremost authority on
Lincoln photographs. It is believed he
acquired the largest private pictorial
collection of Lincoln photographs in the
world.

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