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Presents portraits of United States President Abraham Lincoln. Includes photographs as a Congressman-elect; Photographs as a lawyer and debater; Photographs as a presidential candidate.

Presents a portfolio of portraits and brief profiles of the forty presidents who have guided the United States of America through two hundred years of peace, war, hardship, and prosperity. INSET: Vice presidents..

The article reports on proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress to change the portrait on the U.S. fifty dollar bill from U.S. President Ulysses Grant to U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

The article discusses the reasons behind former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln sporting a buzz cut in a portrait by an unknown photographer made around February 1865. It mentions that during that time sculptor Clark Mills had asked Lincoln to pose for a life mask. However, Lincoln, reliving the painful experience of peeling off a hardened plaster mask five years before along with some of his hair, took precautionary action and cut his hair and beard.

The article presents a photograph of beardless U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as well as recounts the impact of his sudden change into his iconic bearded statesmen. The original photograph was taken by Samuel M. Fassett in Chicago, Illinois, on October 4, 1859. Fassett claimed that Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln regarded the picture as the best likeness of her husband. An account of the Lincolns' transfer to the White House is also included.