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

Candelabrum, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Single-stick girandole candelabra, with marble base, turned bronze pedestal support, branched stem. Cast-bronze piece with flowers and pair of turtle dove designs. Pedestal has remnants of burnished design. Triangular star/ snowflake cut glass prisms hang from cast bronze round. In set with LIHO 150 and 151. H 16 1/2" x Base L 5" W 5".
Folding game table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)top folds in half, rectangular pedestal leg with columns at edges, bowed base, Y scroll on casters. Front rail table top base is carved feet, with front edges of leaves rounded. L 37 1/2" x H 28 1/2" x W 18 1/2".
Wardrobe, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Empire-style tall wardrobe. Bracket feet, base carved and scrolled, two large doors divided into two panels each, with narrow strip between doors. Two small mushroom-type wooden knobs. Plain cornice top, sides have one panel. L 56" x H 83 1/2" x W 20 1/2".
Sleigh bed, owned by Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mahogany sleigh bed. Top rail of headboards rolled, incised carving at sides, panel effect for posts. Side rails paneled, with rolled plain carved top at ends. Incised carved modified bulb feet, on casters. Bed very plain, overall. L 78" x H 44 1/2" x W 60".
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".
Announcement, from the Logan and Lincoln law office
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Written document from the Logan and Lincoln law office, giving details of legal case. Filman Hornbuckle v. John Parkepile in Menard County, regarding a stolen black horse. Written in black ink (slightly faded), signed by Lincoln as "Logan & Lincoln, P.G." L 9 1/4" x W 7 3/8".
Piano owned by Ninian W. and Elizabeth Todd Edwards, brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Square grand piano. 80 keys, rectangular shape, four solid legs, chamfered on front two sides, keys in curved recess. Marks: "Enshcerr" in fancy gold script, "Philadelphia" in gold caps. Surrounded by scrolling. Music stand consists of four sticks attached to top stick, folds into piano. L 80" x H 37 1/2" x W 36".
Earrings, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)circle of metal at top, one part of which goes through the ear. L 1 3/8" x W 1 1/8".
Political medallions, depicting ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hollow metal ring around ferrotype images of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Ring embossed with vine design, hole for hanging at top. Black and white ferrotypes, beardless Lincoln, both in dark suits, white shirts. Obverse: "Abraham Lincoln". Reverse: "Hannibal Hamlin". Diam 1 1/8" x H 1/8".
Bust of Abraham Lincoln as a young man by James J. Nance, 1994
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)on base, "Sculptor/James J. Nance" Numbered 3/100. H 26 x W 18" x D 8 1/2".
Necklace, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)back side contains three plumes, all under glass. Broken-braided human hair chain with clasp on top. L 1 5/8" x W 1 3/8".
Latch assembly, believed to have been installed by Abraham Lincoln, circa 1849
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shutter blind sill keeper for double latching shutter locks. J-shaped iron with one screw hole opposite lip end. Upper lip end forms a tooth-like protrusion in center bottom, top. The assembly has lost most of its original light brown paint. Rust spots bottom, top. Lip has speckles of light brown paint. L 1 3/8" x W 7/8" x D 3/16".
Letter, soliciting Lincoln's assistance in an application for a patent of a medicine (recovered from Lincoln Home)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)____ln M.C./...City/D.C. (M.C., "Member of Congress"). L 6 1/2" x W 4 3/4".
Stereograph from a room in Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia-toned stereograph of two nearly-identical photos, mounted side-by-side on tan cardboard. Shows washstand, towel rack, and kettles near a window. A large print hangs from rope and a small print is sitting on a sconce over the washstand. Washstand is stained dark, has turned corner posts, double doors, and a marble top. Two large white bowls sit on top with glass bottle ...
Print of the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)young lady and boy (Emilie Helm & Tad?) stand at gate watching the Lincolns.
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'...
Booklet, "E.E. Meredith's Show Book for Theater Professionals
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)E.E. Meredith's Show Book for Theater Professionals. Lists Frank E. Davidson as Treasurer of the Strollers Organization. Cover is discolored, yellow, with black and red print "For 1916 E.E. Meredith's Show Book A Digest of Dependable Information Price 25 Cents". L 15 1/2" x W 10 13/16".
Easy chair, typical during mid-19th century
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Large ballon-back upholstered easy chair or armchair. Front legs on casters, leg and arm finger-carved, knee and back also finger-carved. Top of arm upholstered, back seat and arms upholstered in black horsehair w/ upholstery tacks. Modified shield-shaped seat. H 40" x W 23" x D 21".
Wall clock, typical of timepieces during Lincoln's lifetime
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Walnut wall clock, "E. Howard & Co." on round clock face. Roman numerals, 2nd hand small face with Arabic numerals in 10's. Pendulum works in case with partial glass front. Cornice base, molding around face, housing, and case. Pendulum round with circulinear decorations, pointed tip, calibrated scale at bottom, mirror in back. H 60 3/4" x W 19" x D 6 1/2".
Newspaper, recovered from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Illinois State Journal/Springfield September 6, 1855 Vol. VIII. No. 70 The top part of the right four columns can be seen. These include the following headings: an 1855 calendar, "Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Co.", "Business Notices", and "Miscellaneous." L 9 1/2" x W 10 3/4".
Cane, made from a shoot of an apple tree which grew in the back yard of the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Smooth-bark apple wood cane. Small limbs have been closely trimmed. Slightly curved at lower end.
Book, "Principles of Medical Jurisprudence" (owned by Abraham Lincoln)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Principles of Medical Jurisprudence. Albany. Gould, Banks & Gould, 475 Broadway. New York: Banks Gould & Co. 144 Nassau St. 1850. L 9 1/2" x W 5 7/8" x D 2".
Brick, part of north chimney of Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Painted chimney brick located May 1986. Stretcher and header on one side painted light chocolate brown with some mortar remnants. Very dirty, some chips. L 8 1/2" x W 4 1/16" x D 2".
Hall chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Spool-turned hall chair on castors. Chair arms, back, and seat upholstered. Back is straight with two beaded rods next to back. The rods are topped with spindles. Back of chair is topped with "s" turned wood ending approx. three inches down each side of chair back. Small oval between curves. H 42" x W 17" x D 17".
Wallpaper, from bedroom of Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Irregularly shaped piece of wallpaper, resting on white paper in frame. Blue, gray, and light brown in color. Part of original wallpaper found in Lincoln bedroom. Brown wooden frame, paper backing. L 3 7/8" x W 7 3/8".
Newspaper, New York Times from Sunday, August 1, 1926
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)New York Times from Sunday, August 1, 1926. Page 5 of Special "Rotogravure Picture Section" containing a memorial to Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln. Contains eight photographs with brief captions, in composite format. Photos of Robert Lincoln's funeral; a formal photo of Robert; with other members of President Garfield's cabinet; Robert playing golf; and Robert...
Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)milled lumber chunks.
Political Medallions, depicting ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Brass raised ring encircling back-to-back ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Ring has hole at top for hanging, cross-hatching and raised letters & edges. Ferrotypes: unbearded Lincoln (taken Feb. 1860 - Cooper Union), Hamlin in dark suit. Obverse: "Abram Lincoln Free Soil & Free Men" Reverse: "Hannibal Hamlin Free Speech" Diam 1 1/8" x H 1/16".
Doorknob, from an interior door of Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Brown marbleized doorknob. Diam. 2 1/8
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".
Needlework Basket, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Woven wicker cane sewing basket. Looped, raised scalloped rim, loop from single piece of cane on both sides to attatch handle. Two main large horizontal ribs. Smaller cane in pairs, over and under horizontal cane weave. Poor condition.
Portable desk, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mahogany writing box with brass plate in center of hinged top. Back folds down into flat surface on bottom. Slanted on top for writing. Hinged compartments on both sides, covered with fabric. Several compartments in front, one long with lid, one each inkwell with bottle and one square with circular well and ringed brass circular lid. L 14" x W 8 1/4" x H 4 5/16" cm (closed)....
Letter, recovered from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Letter. "Wednesday Night./March 11, 1846./Friend Lincoln./Your epistle of 8... (letter of two paragraphs follows).../Yours Infinitely/ David ___ckin__on." On the address side of the folio, "A. Lincoln Esq/Springfield/Illinois." In the upper left corner is a round postmark "Lacon/Mar/18/ILL." There is no writing on the interior of the folio. H 9 1/2" x W 7 5/8".
Postcard featuring Lincoln Home at dusk (southwest view)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Number 2 in a set of 7 full-color, glossy finish postcards, featuring the Lincoln Home. Shows Lincoln Home exterior from the southwest at dusk. L 15.1 W 10.6 cm.
Loveseat, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Victorian Rococco style loveseat with exposed walnut trim. Horizontal oval medallion back, flared wing sides, padded arm rests. Carved crest has two upside-down rose buds flanked by open roses, leaves, and scrolls. Upholstery of rose silk brocade with raised floral pattern in same color. Backs of medallion and wings depp-button tufted with double rows of button half-way up. ...
Desk chair, used in legal office of Abraham Lincoln and John Logan
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Hitchcock-style side chair, with faint stenciled gold lines. Slightly shelled seat, rolled front seat rail, rounded back with slightly flattened supports, and incised lines below flattened part. Legs rounded, slightly turned, with series of small band turnings/incised lines below front stretchers. Front legs have small bun feet. Front stretcher flat and curved...
Rocking chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Low rocking chair, pierced-splat back. Two small flowers on top rails, side rails curve around to middle of seat. Seat modified shield shape, back leg bowed to rocker, front legs slightly curved, seat rail curved. H 29 1/2" x W 19" x D 16 1/2".
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".
Book, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)E. Morgan & Co., 1850. Tooled cloth binding. L 7 1/2" x W 4 1/2" x D 1".
Bust of William Shakespeare
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)White Parian ware bust of Shakespeare. Turned pedestal, bust from chest up, has cloak draped around himself, shirt ties into bow wtih tassels, short hair, beard, moustache. Inscribed into china "J& TB". Similar in style and construction to LIHO 137. H 7 7/8".

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