How did Abraham Lincoln’s voice sound like?

How did Abraham Lincoln‘s voice sound like?
I have always wondered what our 16th President sounded like back then. I understand that there’s no audio recorded of his voice, since technology wasn’t advanced during that time. But I’ve always wondered if there’s a video out there of someone depicting his voice as accurately as possible. Or perhaps if there’s any descriptions of how his voice sounded like by accounts from other people who heard him. So, how did Abraham Lincoln’s voice sound like?

Answer by Jburgh20
lol

Answer by Old Fogey
We may never know about Abe but you can hear Teddy Roosevelt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNwLzUcPYk

Answer by Jeff
According to some contemporary sources, such as Abraham Lincoln’s law partner William Herndon, Lincoln’s voice was “shrill” and “squeaking.” His voice was higher pitched than most actors and simulations done by actors like Gregory Peck. Deep-voiced actors might be used because we associate Lincoln with such authority and wisdom we expect a deep booming voice. Most likely, audiences heard a high-pitched voice, cracking occasionally, saying the inspired words of his speeches. Regarding your question about a video of someone who might be accurate, one of the source links below has a video of Jeff Daniels reading the Gettysburg address and his voice is probably more accurate than many of the other actors who have played Lincoln. Henry Fonda’s portrayal in Young Mr. Lincoln might be good too. Of course, we cannot know for sure.

Answer by Jordan
A shrill southern drawl.

Abraham Lincoln on Screen : A Filmography of Dramas and Documentaries Including Television, 1903-1998

President Lincoln is so deeply ingrained in our national consciousness that his image can be found practically everywhere (not least on those ubiquitous American pennies). He is the most frequently portrayed American historical figure in the history of the film and television arts, having been featured in well over 150 productions since the birth of the motion picture medium. He has delivered the Gettysburg Address, and on one occasion solemnly urged the title teenagers of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) to “party on, dudes.” Lincoln has been portrayed by such diverse actors as Raymond Massey, Walter Huston, Gregory Peck, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, and Henry Fonda. The author provides a brief overview of the history of Lincoln film and television portrayals, including documentaries. Then, each Lincoln-related work has an individual entry detailing essential cast, production and release information, as well as a discussion of each work’s historical accuracy and artistic merits. The book is fully illustrated with photographs of Lincoln portrayers, dating from the earliest days.

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What is a good song for my video presentation?
its a video about abraham lincoln and realism. but it needws to be a song that wont make my class fall asleep. were 11th graders .
thank you.
a modern song would be good (:

Answer by Weezie_1125
idk you can go anywhere with that lol maybe “the Truth” by good charlotte (honest abe) but its a very sullen song. “Dear Mr President” by Pink? um …. . “real world” by all american rejects?

Abraham Lincoln on Screen: Fictional and Documentary Portrayals on Film and Television, 2d ed.

President Lincoln is the most frequently portrayed American historical figure in the history of the film and television arts, having been featured in about 300 productions since the birth of the motion picture medium. In this work, entries cover each film, documentary and television portrayal of Lincoln, providing essential cast, production and release information, and a discussion of each work’s historical accuracy and artistic merits. This updated edition provides commentary on all new films produced in recent years, as well as dozens of earlier films, such as The Rivalry, Abraham Lincoln (1924) and Lincoln (1929), that were not covered in the original edition.

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why isnt there a recent photo of Abraham Lincoln?
i only see paintings of him, why isnt there a recent full color/video of him?

Answer by MUSeeecic
because he died a long time ago.
p.s are you for real?

Answer by Edwin
His assassination in April of 1865 might have something to do with it.

Answer by Mere Mortal
They haven’t invented a camera yet that takes a decent photograph of a ghost.

Once technology catches up we’ll be seeing great pictures of Abraham Lincoln. Elvis Presley will be a particularly popular subject for this new technology.

Answer by Sal Chaech
See, color wasn’t invented until the late thirties. Before that, the world was in black and white, and in some parts, it was in brown and white. When the change happened, paintings turned to color because the compounds that were used to color the paints also underwent transformation. Old photographs appear not to have changed to color, but actually they have. They are simply a color photograph of a world that is black and white, so they appear to be black and white as well. It took a while for color to spread around the world, and that’s why you still see black and white well into the sixties.

That’s why there’s no full color Lincoln pics.

The inventor of the motion picture, Thomas Edison, was called the Wizard of Menlo Park. Little do many people know, he was called that because he actually was a wizard. While he was working on the light bulb, he ran an electrical current through an unknown substance, which brought him back in time where (when, I should say) he ran into Abraham Lincoln. Being from New Jersey, Edison was a brash, crude man, and Lincoln didn’t like the cut of his jib. They had a few scuffles, and became nemeses. It was at this time that Edison was putting his finishing touches on his motion picture machine, and his hatred of Lincoln was so great that he put a hex on him. He was cursed never to be photographed for a moving picture, and soon after the Civil War this Wizard returned to his own time.

That’s why there’s no video of Honest Abe.

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