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  • Collection: Herbert Wells Fay Collection

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Baptism ceremony taking place with a large group of onlookers in Pana.

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Clinton Rosette was the editor of the Daily Chronicle, a newspaper in DeKalb.

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Before moving on to work in the coal mining industry and the railroad, H. B. Blood had a prestigious military career during the American Civil War. On verso: "Keokuk."

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Printed poem by Edwin Markham, an American poet and Poet Laureate of Oregon, 1923-1931. On verso: "From Mrs. Descom D. Hoagland who gave you the Markham Stidger picture; R Dec 11 1939."

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Portrait of Edgar Lee Masters, an American poet and biographer who wrote biographies of Vachel Lindsay and Abraham Lincoln.

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Portrait of Edgar Lee Masters, an American poet and biographer who wrote biographies of Vachel Lindsay and Abraham Lincoln.

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Edwin Markham was an American poet and Poet Laureate of Oregon, 1923-1931.

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Frank McGlynn was a stage and film actor who was well known for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.

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Portrait of Georgia Osborn. On verso: "Recd June 20 1927."

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Members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization made up of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866 in Decatur by Benjamin F. Stephenson. . On verso: "Nixon; Andrew (?)."

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Portrait of Herbert Wells Fay of DeKalb, a newspaper editor, collector of historic photographs and Abraham Lincoln material, and a custodian at the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield for twenty-eight years.

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Pictured from left to right: Illinois State Senator, Richard R. Meents; Col. C. R. Miller; The twenty-sixth Governor of Illinois, Lennington Small, 1921-1929; A. O. Arnold; (and) Herbert Wells Fay, of DeKalb, who was a newspaper editor, a collector…

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John R. King and James Jewel both held the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866 in Decatur by Benjamin F. Stephenson . On verso: "at Springfield."

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Members of the Lincoln-McKinley Association taking part in the second annual pilgrimage to the Lincoln Tomb.

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Otho L. Caldwell of Williamsville served as county clerk for Sangamon County and was a candidate for county judge in 1926.

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RenViviani and General Joseph Joffre meet with a delegation of Illinois officials, including John Oglesby, the 29th and 31st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1909-1913 and 1917-1921, Frank Lowden, the twenty-fifth Governor of Illinois, 1917-1921, and…

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Preparations for the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park near Hodgenville, Kentucky. On verso: "The Lincoln Farm (birthplace) two mile south of Hodgenville, Ky. is about to be made into a 'Lincoln Park.' Plans are drawn and a Civil…

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The United Sunday School Band poses for a group photo at a camp site that was visited by Abraham Lincoln in 1832. The camp site is located near Rock Island, opposite Black Hawk Village. On verso: "John Hanbug, 1923."
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