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Photographic print of the Lincoln Home made from glass plate negative
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph of the Lincoln Home made from glass plate negative. Photo showing on man and two children standing at south corner of house, and one person sitting on steps. Photograph is oval mounted on rectangular paper backing. Gold rings surround picture. "D.C. Pratt Photographic Artist, Aurora, Illinois" embossed on back. Photo probably taken from a neighbor'...
Photographic print, of Henson Robinson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia photograph of Henson Robinson. Portrait, deep frame, outside black grain painting over white. Inside stained and black bands with gilt. Mat has sea-green linen look. Marked on back "Henson Robinson/Born-March 15, 1839 Xenia, Ohio/Died-April 17, 1900 Spfd." Signs of former oval mat, minor scratches on frame. Part of set with LIHO 7035. H 27 1/4" x W 23 1/4" x D 1 3/4" (...
Photographic print, depicting a side view of the Ninian Edwards mansion, Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)section is set back, mansard roof, double windows. Right section is bracketed-style with low porch, main door on left side, right porch has deep porch. Two windsor-style rockers on right porch, settee on right wing porch. L 8" x W 10".
Photographic print, of Henrietta Robinson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia photograph of Henrietta Robinson. Portrait, frame and mat identical to 7034. Marked on back: "Mrs. Henson Robinson/Born Henrietta Maria Keys/ July 29, 1839 in Spfd..." Pronounced evidence of former oval mat, paint chips on inner frame black band. Part of set with LIHO 7034. H 27 1/4" x W 23 1/4" x D 1 3/4" (frame).
Booklet, patriotic lyrics from the Civil War
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Thin, softcover booklet of patriotic lyrics from the Civil War (1861-1865). Pink cover with picture of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Inner cover 38-star flag, back cover features eagle, shield, and flag. Lyrics illustrated with insignia and pictures. Cover: "The Good Old Songs/We Used To Sing./Price Ten Cents/Published BY O.H.Oldroyd/..." Titles include "Marching Through Georgia", ...
Print of homes of famous Americans
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wood engraving showing a collage of homes in various "frames", surrounded by dasies. Homes are numbered and ID'd with a key. Homes are: Webster, Washington, Lincoln and Garfield birthplaces, Monticello, Mt. Vernon, Lincoln Home, and the Hermitage. Lincoln Home has large tree blocking the view from front, with a lean-to attached to kitchen. Lincoln Home is #6. L 10" x W 7".
Photographic print, depicting the Ninian W. Edwards Home, Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reproduced photo of the Ninian W. Edwards Home, Springfield, IL. Taken directly from front. House has two distinct sections and two low wings on either section. Left section has wing, deep porch, double windows, mansard roof, and vertical board door. Right section is set up from left, arch fanlight over door on left, bracketed style (also on left). Snow on ground, two small ...
Cabinet Photograph of Lincoln Home parlors
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-tone print of Lincoln Home parlors, furnished as an exhibit area by Osborn Oldroyd. Framed prints and photos cover the walls, several busts and sculptures are on shelves and pillars on either side of doorway. Some items have large numbers on them. Several cases hold books. A horsehair sofa is on the left, a side chair on the right. Cradle is visible in back center of r...
Spittoon, typical of earthenware ceramics available to Abraham Lincoln in midwestern Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Basic circular shape spittoon, with 12 ribs, pinched waist around outside, top sloped downward and into round opening 6.5 cm in diameter. Finish is Bennington-style, brown, gold, and cream speckled. Drain opening near top rim, some crazing, chips of finish out of rim. Diam. 14 1/4" x H 6 5/8".
Photographic print of Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)large tree in front, other houses immediately next to and behind, with outbuildings in back. Oldroyd, in bowler hat, stands near corner, looking away from camera, hitching post nearby at end of sidewalk. L 14.1 W 10 cm.
Cane, from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Plain turned wood cane with paper label attatched certifying authenticity. Rounded top, tapers slightly to rounded end. End has 1 cm turning hole in center. Most of paper label has flaked off. Thin decorative border, does not completely wrap around label. L 36 1/2" x Diam. 1" to 1/2".

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Photographic print of the Lincoln Home made from glass plate negative

Photographic print, of Henson Robinson

Photographic print, depicting a side view of the Ninian Edwards mansion, Springfield, IL

Photographic print, of Henrietta Robinson

Booklet, patriotic lyrics from the Civil War

Print of homes of famous Americans

Photographic print, depicting the Ninian W. Edwards Home, Springfield, IL

Cabinet Photograph of Lincoln Home parlors

Spittoon, typical of earthenware ceramics available to Abraham Lincoln in midwestern Illinois

Photographic print of Lincoln Home

Cane, from Lincoln Home

Photographic print of the Lincoln Home made from glass plate negative

Photographic print, of Henson Robinson

Photographic print, depicting a side view of the Ninian Edwards mansion, Springfield, IL

Photographic print, of Henrietta Robinson

Booklet, patriotic lyrics from the Civil War

Print of homes of famous Americans

Photographic print, depicting the Ninian W. Edwards Home, Springfield, IL

Cabinet Photograph of Lincoln Home parlors

Spittoon, typical of earthenware ceramics available to Abraham Lincoln in midwestern Illinois

Photographic print of Lincoln Home

Cane, from Lincoln Home