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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."

Elizabeth Graham, an English teacher at Springfield High School, poses for a picture next to a painting hanging on the wall. Graham met Vachel Lindsay through Susan E. Wilcox, a fellow English teacher at Springfield High School who was a friend of…

Willis J. Spaulding, a native of Springfield who was largely responsible for the construction of Lake Springfield and the city-owned power plant from 1927-1935, poses for a picture at his desk. On verso: "Just after election."

Two Key Club members carry a shutter on the Vachel Lindsay Home porch while two other members scrub two shutters leaning against the building.

Springfield High School teachers Elru Logan and Ellen Rourke and Dean of Boys Roy "Daddy" Wintz pose with clocks given to them upon their retirement. On verso: "Year of retirement from S. H. S. Gifts to them, clocks."

Members of the Vachel Lindsay Association meet inside First Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois. Willis J. Spaulding sits in the front row.

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 Thomas Lindsay and Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay, the parents of Vachel Lindsay, pose for a picture with newspapers in their hands.

Ephraim S. Frazee, a preacher of Rush County, Indiana, sits for a portrait wearing a dark suit. Frazee was the husband of Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee and the father of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay.

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:…