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An unidentified girl with long braids in her hair poses for a portrait.

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

A pot of flowers stand next to Vachel Lindsay's headstone at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

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

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."

Vachel Thomas Lindsay, father of poet Vachel Lindsay, poses in profile for a portrat.

Two unidentified girls wearing white pose for a portrait.

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.

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

A bust of Vachel Lindsay by sculptor Adrien A. Voisin shows Lindsay taken from the viewer's right side of the sculpture.

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

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

Clarissa Hagler Jorgensen, of Springfield, recounts stories of Vachel Lindsay who she knew as a child to Nicholas Cave Lindsay and an unidentified woman. In a separate oral history interview done with Jo Saner of Sangamon State University on March…

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."

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

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…

Elizabeth Conner Lindsay watches her children, Susan and Nicholas, examine a Christmas tree.

Josie, [Sudie], and Annie Frazee sit for a portrait in front of a pastoral backdrop.

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

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.

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,…

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

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.

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