Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 3
Image | 1858 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the daguerreotype made by P. Von Schneider in Chicago in July, 1858. Mr. Lincoln spoke in Chicago on July 10, 1858, to answer Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken there the day before.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 81
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is one of the celebrated portraits known as the Brady profiles. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 84
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is one of the celebrated portraits known as the Brady profiles. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 87
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 90
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)Detail of an 8" x 10" photograph made by Alexander Gardner of the second inauguration of President Lincoln on March 4, 1865. The President is reading from his manuscript. Mr. Nicolay, one of his secretaries, is standing behind the empty chair. Vice President Johnson's face is hidden by the hat held in his left hand.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 91
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph believed to have been made by Mathew B. Brady early in 1865.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 99
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on April 10, 1865.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 103
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A detail from a large photograph made by F. D. Richards in Philadelphia on February 22, 1861, at a flagraising at Independence Hall at sunrise at which the President-elect spoke briefly, leaving before the exercises were over. Mr. Lincoln may be seen directly above the single star to the left in the flag draped over the railing of the platform. Another photograph was made of...
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 54
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on August 9, 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 60
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863. This portrait, differing slightly from Number 59, is little known.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 65
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1862.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 71
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady made in Washington February 23, 1861.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 73
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady, believed to have been made in 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 77
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 25
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)they are now in the Smithsonian Institution.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 37
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A detail from a large photograph made by F. D. Richards in Philadelphia on February 22, 1861, at a flag-raising at Independence Hall at sunrise. In this picture Mr. Lincoln is standing directly over the third star from the left in the flag draped over the railing of the platform. This and Number 103 are believed to be the first photographs of a President-elect or a President...
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 43
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)Detail from an 8" x 10" photograph made by Mathew B. Brady about October 2, 1862, as the President sat in General George B. McClellan's tent at Antietam, Maryland, after the battle.
Memento Mori Abraham Lincoln poster
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1865 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of Abraham Lincoln, "Memento Mori." This broadside features Lincoln's birth and assassination dates and the phrase "Just of his Word - Observant of his Right."
Letter from Sophronia McNitt to Eli Cress, April 24, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry, from Sophronia McNitt. McNitt wrote about the end of the war and reflections on Abraham Lincoln's assassination, as well as local news, including her mother Sarah's wedding to Charles Salyer.
Fragment of Envelope free-franked by Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Fragment of white envelope, free-franked by Abraham Lincoln. Sent to Mrs. Sprigg, Lincoln's Washington DC landlady for the room he rented while serving as a U.S. Representative from 1847-1849. Also legible is the word "Resent". Dimensions are 3 3/16" long, and 5 1/2" wide.
Shadow box from Antebellum Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shadow box containing human hair wreath. Hair is braided and made into three branch wreath w/bows and flowers and cones. Frame has flowers applied at compass points, molded using paper ache in part. Box measure: L 19 1/2" x W 16 1/2".
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...
Commode, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mahogany chamber pot/ box with hinged lid. Round piece with two finger-grip holes, removable, fits into removable rectangle with circle cut-out. This fits on top of rectangular box with side cut-outs, on casters. L 18 1/2" x H 15 1/2" x W 16".
Fob, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)carved in shape of a long hoof. Bottom of gold with initials "GFHL" in circle, attatched to small braided hair loop. L 1 3/8".
Footstool, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned footstool, oval top with rectangular caned area. Turned legs, bun turning at end with peg legs, round stretchers. L 14" x H 9 1/2" x W 11".
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.
Hat rack, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Gothic arch open hat rack. Pointed at top arch, and in middle mirror. Seven hooks, bottom shelf has tin umbrella tray. Two slightly turned posts, one slightly turned rail across front, four slightly turned rails connecting with back. Four modified bun feet. Umbrella stand is 29 1/2" tall. H 84" x W 26" x D 12".
Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Empire side chair. Seat is a modified shield shape, with raised rim, front, and sides. Back has two curved rails. Back legs are slightly curved, front legs cyma curve. Wide, flat, bowed stretcher at front, two rounded stretchers at each side. One round stretcher at back. H 32" x W 17" x D 15 1/2".
Chair, used by Abraham Lincoln at his law office at Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stained hardwood office chair in a modified Windsor-style. Horseshoe-shaped back with eight round spokes. H 29" x W 14" x L 20".
Chest of drawers, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sheraton-style walnut bureau, with walnut burl veneer on bowed drawer fronts and drawer separators. Fluted-front side columns and four identically turned Sheraton-style legs. H 39 3/8" x W 41" x D 21".
Lincoln Ox Yoke
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden ox yoke crafted by a young Abraham Lincoln during his years in New Salem. The frame is made of wood from the original flooring of Lincoln's Springfield home.
Carte-de-Visite of Lincoln Home draped in mourning
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-toned print of Lincoln Home draped in mourning with the simple Tilton (renters living in Lincoln Home in 1865) draping. View from SW corner, with a group of men standing in front and behind fence. Black cloth drapes from windows across front of house and part of sides. Small tree in front and some trees to side. L 3 7/8" x W 2 3/8".
Cake Stand, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Glass cake plate on stand, pedestal base, turned stem, fluted column effect at top of stem. Plate has rim side, base is hollow, but stem is solid. H 8", Diam. 11".
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".
Print of girl praying
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shows girl with hands clasped. She is not in color. Around her are red curtains with gold fringe. In top corners are pink roses. Below print is written:"The Morning Prayer", then below that, "Defend us from all evil throughout this day." L 13" x W 9"
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".
Print of Lincoln's funeral procession in Chicago, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Funeral Service of President Lincoln at Chicago, Illinois. May 1- Removing the Coffin From the Funeral Train to the Catafalque- From a Photograph by Alschuler. Lithograph on newsprint, mounted on white paper. Large crowd lines street, soldiers carry coffin toward large catafalque under canopy. Catafalque under center of three arches with various mottos on them, many flags an...
Postcard of photo taken during Abraham Lincoln's funeral
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-tone postcard of photo taken during Lincoln's funeral in 1865. Home is decorated with black flags and drapes at windows, white swags at roofline and vines in corners, for mourning. Large group of people in front and around yard. L 14.1 W. 8.8 cm.
Printing Press, c. 1830
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The noted abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-37) is believed to have owned this press, which is in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society.
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 ...

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