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Jane Addams was a leader in the women's suffrage movement, founder of the famous settlement house, Chicago's Hull House, and recipient of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. On verso: "Shares Noble Peace Award for 1931: Chicago, Ill. Jane Adams, founder of…

Four verse song praising the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860, especially his winning Pennsylvania, the home state of outgoing president James Buchanan. Pennsylvania was also a state founded by Quakers, known pacifists, whom the…

The five Jacoby brothers, Casper J. Jacoby, Sr., Philip W. Jacoby, Henry C. Jacoby, Louis C. Jacoby, and William C. Jacoby pose for a photograph at a Jacoby Brothers stockholders meeting.Pictured (l-r): Casper J. Jacoby, Henry C. Jacoby, Philip W.…

Walt Disney stands outside of the Abraham Lincoln Home before receiving an award from the Boys Club of Springfield.

Walt Disney visits the Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield.

President Johnson lays the Presidential Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Host of the ceremony is Major General Curtis J. Herrick, Commanding General, Military District of…

Illinois Senator Adeline Geo-Karis shakes hands with First Lady Patricia Nixon.

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

A patriotic song in honor of United States flag. At top of cover : "Union, God and Liberty." Cover depicts illustration of assorted patriots, one of whom is holding an American Flag. A Statue of George Washington on horseback can be seen in…

"Very respectfully inscribed to Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the late President of the United States, by the Author_with the assurance that he shares the Nation's Condolence".

In French, "Saule-Pleureur, March fun`ebre du President Lincoln" (Funeral march for President Abraham Lincoln). Cover depicts two figures (angels?) at top of cover with a picture of Abraham Lincoln in a circle of flowers with American Flags. "Il…

Music only no words. Music in celebration of the Centennial Celebration of Illinois, 1818-1918.

The Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb opened in 1846 in Jacksonville, housing children across the state who were hard-of-hearing. It was later renamed the Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD), and is still in operation today.

Czech composer Wels wrote this funeral march in honor of Abraham Lincoln.

A home in Danville, Illinois, features several small balconies on the second floor.

Three men stand in the doorway of a storefront on the west side of Danville. Businesses housed in the building include Billiard Hall, Liquors, B. F. Cook Pension Attorney, and Doctor Brown.

A horse and buggy park on the dirt street in front of Gimble and Company Dry Goods located in the Bandy Block.

Colorado Central Railroad tracks run through Clear Creek Canon.

Illustrated three verse love song and chorus.

Chicago businessman Herman H. Kohlsaat sits in a chair while pointing to a location in the southern United States on a large globe.

Jesse W. Weik writes to John E. Boos regarding various Lincoln papers and identifying certain individuals. The accompanying envelope has the Greencasle Telephone Co. return address with Weik's name handwritten above it.