Lincoln-signed copy of 13th Amendment restored
TAMMY WEBBERTAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press?
?In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, Sharon Paschke, conservator at Graphic Conservation Co., looks over a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. The 147-year-old document, written on vellum ?paper? an animal skin, was signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, was carefully treated to flatten and strengthen the remaining ink. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, Sharon Paschke, conservator at Graphic Conservation Co., looks over a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. The 147-year-old document, written on vellum ?paper? an animal skin, was signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, was carefully treated to flatten and strengthen the remaining ink. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, is the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. The 147-year-old document, written on vellum ?paper? an animal skin, was signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, was carefully treated to flatten and strengthen the remaining ink at the Graphic Conservation Co. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, Sharon Paschke, conservator at Graphic Conservation Co., looks over a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. The 147-year-old document, written on vellum ?paper? an animal skin, was signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, was carefully treated to flatten and strengthen the remaining ink. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, Christina Marusich, head conservator at Graphic Conservation Co., looks over a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. The 147-year-old document, written on vellum ?paper? an animal skin, was signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, was carefully treated to flatten and strengthen the remaining ink. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Chicago, is a rare copy of the 13th Amendment, signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who voted for it, after it was restored at the Graphic Conservation Co. The biggest concerns in restoration were two heavy creases from past folding, a puckered surface and ink that had weakened over time. The vellum was relaxed by suspending it in a ?humidifaction? chamber for a couple of hours to relax the creasing and rehydrate the ink layer, which helped it reattach to the vellum. After it was relaxed, it was put into a press for about a week, where it was flattened under gentle pressure. The process was repeated until the document was as flat as possible. (AP Photo/Graphic Conservation Co.)
CHICAGO (AP) ? A Chicago conservator has restored the state of Illinois' rare copy of the 13th Amendment signed by President Lincoln.
The almost 147-year-old document signifying the end of slavery is made of animal skin, which was creased and wrinkled, and some of the original iron gall ink had flaked away.
That made it too fragile to display, and it's been stored in a vault at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.
Graphic Conservation Co. restored the document at no charge to the state, and will turn it over to museum officials on Thursday.
It will go on display in February.
Illinois' document is one of at least 14 duplicate copies of the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln. It also was signed by most lawmakers who voted for it.
Associated Presssuh suh school closings ny giants lindsey vonn lindsey vonn josef stalin
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.