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Vachel Lindsay and his wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, pose for a picture on a couch with their children, Susan and Nicholas.

Vachel Lindsay and his wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, pose for a picture with their children, Susan and Nicholas, on the steps in front of their home.

Vachel Lindsay and his wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, along with their two children, Susan and Nicholas, pose for a picture in front of the family home in Springfield.

A room inside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, contains a dining table and chairs next to a couch and table. Dr. Vachel Thomas Lindsay's medicine cabinet is on the left.

Sunday school children, including Vachel Lindsay (on floor in front of Miss Shropshire), pose for a class photo with their teacher in Springfield. Lindsay was eight years old at the time of this photo.

Nellie Grey Lindsay, daughter of Nicholas T. Lindsay and Nellie A. Gager, poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress with a white collar and a bow in her hair. Nellie married Marion Felix Johnson in Monroe, Indiana, in 1910 and had five children.

Nicholas Cave Lindsay recites poetry on stage at Springfield High School, the school his father, Vachel Lindsay, attended.

The north bedroom inside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, features two chairs and a chest of drawers in a corner.

Siblings Olive Lindsay (age 11) and Vachel Lindsay (age 9) pose for a portrait.

Olive Lindsay (left), Isabel Lindsay (lower middle), Esther Lindsay (upper middle), and Vachel Lindsay (right) pose for a portrait. According to the verso, Esther and Isabel were the two oldest of the three sisters who died at a young age. The third,…

Elizabeth Graham talks with two unidentified girls about Peter Wright's Cellar Illustration of Vachel Lindsay's poem, "The Congo."On verso: "In basement. Postman's girls see Congo by Peter. Peter Wright's Cellar Illustration of Congo."

Richard P. Graebel, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, speaks to a group of unidentified people while holding the book, "The West-Going Heart: A Life of Vachel Lindsay."

The south bedroom inside the Lindsay home in Springfield, Illinois, features a four poster bed. On verso: "This bed is from Indiana. Frances Austen Frazee's bed made when she was married in 1847. She was born in 1827, her chest was acquired sometime…

Stephen Graham, a British journalist and author who after becoming friends with Vachel Lindsay, holds a pipe in his right hand in a candid photograph. Graham published a book in 1922 titled, "Tramping with a Poet in the Rockies," featuring a trip he…

Susan Doniphan Frazee (age 55) poses for a portrait with her son, Ephraim S. Frazee (age 25). Ephraim, a preacher of Rush County, Indiana, was the husband of Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee and the father of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay. On verso:…

Poet Susan E. Wilcox poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress with a light collar. Wilcox was Vachel Lindsay's English teacher at Springfield High School. She is credited with first inspiring his writing.

Susan E. Wilcox poses for a picture with a newspaper in her hands. Wilcox, a poet and Vachel Lindsay's English teacher at Springfield High School, not only became friends with Lindsay, but is also known to have helped inspire his writing of poetry.

Vachel Lindsay sits in a chair with an unidentified boy on his knee for an outdoor portrait.

Vachel Lindsay poses for a portrait at the age of 16. On verso: "Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Jan. 28, 1896, Aged 16 yr, 3 mo, 18 da, Weight 120 lbs; Height 5 ft, 6 1/2 in."

A young Vachel Lindsay stands next to a fabric-covered pedestal during a portrait session.

Vachel Lindsay stands between a chair and a framed picture on an easel during a portrait session.

Vachel Lindsay sits in a chair reading a book during a portrait session.

Vachel Lindsay and his wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, pose for a photo under a willow tree.On verso: "Love Under the Golden Willows."

Vachel Lindsay sits in a chair speaking to an unidentified girl while their picture is taken.

Vachel Lindsay poses for a photo in Cleveland, Ohio, with his nephew, Vachel Lindsay Blair, the son of Vachel's sister, Joy Frazee Lindsay Blair.