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Alexander Gardner's (American, 1821-1882) photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Feb. 5, 1865, approximately two months before his assassination.

Amazon grant will fund storage of Lincoln document images

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Alexander Gardner's (American, 1821-1882) photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Feb. 5, 1865, approximately two months before his assassination.
Alexander Gardner’s (American, 1821-1882) photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Feb. 5, 1865, approximately two months before his assassination.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is getting a grant to help pay for the storage of tens of thousands of images of documents related to the 16th president.

Officials announced Tuesday that Amazon Web Services awarded the Papers of Abraham Lincoln $24,000 worth of storage services.

That’s enough for the project to securely store 35 terabytes of master image files — the equivalent of a digital music file that would play non-stop for 68 years.

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln has scanned more than 90,000 documents written by, or to, Lincoln.

The retirement of a mass storage system at the University of Illinois forced the project to look for new space.

Officials credited U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill., with alerting them to the Amazon grant.

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Alexander Gardner's (American, 1821-1882) photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Feb. 5, 1865, approximately two months before his assassination.
Alexander Gardner’s (American, 1821-1882) photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on Feb. 5, 1865, approximately two months before his assassination.
First page of John Hay's draft of the Gettysburg Address, in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting, from the Library of Congress website.
First page of John Hay’s draft of the Gettysburg Address, in Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting, from the Library of Congress website.