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Clarice Hickox, of Springfield, speaks on a stage at an unidentified event.

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 boys and two girls dig a hole while planting a dogwood.On verso: "Basil [Contralson's] children plant dogwood."

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

Key Club members perform landscaping work outside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield. On verso: "Please leave at Board Monday for Elizabeth Graham."

Tom Robertson seeds an area in front of the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, while other unidentified Key Club members perform landscaping work.On verso: "Tom Robertson with seeder; Please leave at Switch Board Monday for Elizabeth…

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.

Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay, the mother of Vachel Lindsay, poses for a portrait wearing a dark jacket with a light colored blouse.

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, pose for a picture on a couch with their children, Susan and Nicholas.

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.

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:…

An unidentified woman in a dark dress with a white collar sits for a portrait.

Lieuan E. Conlee Achenbach, of Illinois, poses for a portrait in a dark dress. She relocated to Los Angeles, California.

J. Henderson, a captain during the American Civil War, poses for a portrait wearing his uniform.On verso: "My grandfather Thurman's captain, 14th Illinois Cavalry."

Isom Reed, a soldier during the American Civil War, poses for a portrait in his military uniform. On verso: "Uncle Isom Reed, brother of William Reed. Taken at 17 in his cavalry uniform. Young Isom was a Civil War veteran when barely 19. He married…

William Reed, a soldier during the American Civil War, poses for a portrait wearing his military uniform. On verso: "Original daguerreotype of my father, William Reed. Taken at Louisville, KY in 1863. The larger photo is a copy I had made about 1904.…

William Reed, a veteran of the American Civil War, sits for a portrait in a light-colored suit.On verso: "My father, 1865."

George Reed poses for a portrait wearing a suit.On verso: "Eustace Glen Reed's grandfather Reed, Irma and Helen's great grandfather, Katherine's and [Sladder's] great great grandfather Reed."