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

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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.
Pennant, souvenir of Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Blue felt triangle with gold trim and blue tassels at end. Same end has silk-screened image of Lincoln Home in florescent colors. House is white with hot pink shutters, matching the brick retaining wall. Many multicolored trees surround. A flag pole is in the corner of the house. The perspective of the home is off, and some details are missing. As the pennant narrows, in whi...
Bric-a-brac (Red clay brick with raised Lincoln profile)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Red clay brick, pressed into mold to create a raised Lincoln profile. Bearded Lincoln looks right. Bust stands approx. 1/2" above brick face. L 16 W 10.2 D 6.7 cm.
Commemorative plate of Lincoln Home exterior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)and inscription "Imported for/Lincoln Souvenir & Gift Shop/Springfield, IL." H 2 Diam 25 cm.
Bric-a-brac (Small-handled cup featuring image of Lincoln Home)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)uneven scalloped border has gilt, as does front half of handle. Peach irridescence surrounds scene on front half. Back half is white with gilt smears. H 7.2 Diameter with handle 8 cm.
Cloth Soldier Doll
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The cloth soldier doll has a stiffened felt head with painted brown hair, black eyes, white teeth, and pink cheeks. The doll is costumed in a brown felt cap with a brass button in front. The brown velvet uniform also has brass buttons as well as pocket flaps and a belt with a buckle. The doll comes complete with black velvet shoes and a cloth label that reads, "Made in Engla...
Commemorative plate featuring Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)High relief and brightly colored plate featuring the Lincoln Home. Design covers entire plate. Shows front (west) view of home, behind fence and retaining wall. Flagpole in corner, with many trees. Blue banner at base of plate. House in brown with green shutters, gray roof and trim, between brackets at roofline. H 2.9 Diam 21 cm.
Bric-a-brac (Mold-cast ceramic figurine of the Lincoln Home)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Highly detailed mold-cast ceramic figurine of the Lincoln Home. Home is set in a very abbreviated back yard, surrounded by brown picket fence and white board fence. Brick sidewalk in front, boardwalk on side. Two small trees surrounded by support cages balance the front. L 13.3 W 11 H 8.5 cm.
Commemorative plate showing Lincoln Home exterior and large flagpole on corner
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)White plate printed in blue with gold accents, showing Lincoln Home exterior and large flagpole on corner. Large trees surround house. Olive branches form band on outside rim with gold "Illinois" and "1972" on a ribbon at bottom. On back, small hole in foot used for hanging. H 2.1 Diam 19 cm.
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".
Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln as railsplitter and friend
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Copper coin with Lincoln, railsplitter and friend. One of first coins struck during campaign. Beardless Lincoln facing right, inscription & decorative border along edge. Back: tall man wields mallet while other holds wedge into trunk of tree, log cabin in background. Obverse: "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, 1860" & engraver's name under shoulder. Reverse: "The Railsplitter of the Wes...

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Postcard of photo taken during Abraham Lincoln's funeral

Pennant, souvenir of Lincoln Home

Bric-a-brac (Red clay brick with raised Lincoln profile)

Commemorative plate of Lincoln Home exterior

Bric-a-brac (Small-handled cup featuring image of Lincoln Home)

Cloth Soldier Doll

Commemorative plate featuring Lincoln Home

Bric-a-brac (Mold-cast ceramic figurine of the Lincoln Home)

Commemorative plate showing Lincoln Home exterior and large flagpole on corner

Shadow box from Antebellum Springfield, IL

Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln as railsplitter and friend

Postcard of photo taken during Abraham Lincoln's funeral

Pennant, souvenir of Lincoln Home

Bric-a-brac (Red clay brick with raised Lincoln profile)

Commemorative plate of Lincoln Home exterior

Bric-a-brac (Small-handled cup featuring image of Lincoln Home)

Cloth Soldier Doll

Commemorative plate featuring Lincoln Home

Bric-a-brac (Mold-cast ceramic figurine of the Lincoln Home)

Commemorative plate showing Lincoln Home exterior and large flagpole on corner

Shadow box from Antebellum Springfield, IL

Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln as railsplitter and friend