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Walt Disney visits the Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield.

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

Ushers for the Illinois Pavilion gather around a replica of Gutzon Borglum's Lincoln bust, "The Prairie Resident", on display outside of the pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Anna Hyatt Huntington's statue "Abraham Lincoln: On the Prairie" is…

Princess Grace of Monaco and her daughter, Princess Caroline, tour the Illinois Pavilion at the New York World's Fair with a group of unidentified people.

Visitors wave as Pope Paul VI's motorcade drives past the Illinois Pavilion during the New York World's Fair.

Governor Otto Kerner assists a young boy with his balloons outside of the Illinois Pavilion on Illinois Day at the New York World's Fair.

Photo caption: "Gov. Kerner kissing special guest of the day, Terese Cooney, of Mattydale, N.Y., on stage in the auditorium of the pavilion. The occasion is the formal presentation of an accurate study of Illinois made by the 13 yr. old girl during…

An aerial view of a small scale model shows the Illinois Pavilion constructed for the New York World's Fair.

Members of the Marlyn Majorettes of Sycamore stand in formation. The group performed at the New York World's Fair.

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida stands with two young men before Anna Hyatt Huntington's statue "Abraham Lincoln: On the Prairie" outside the Illinois Pavilion during the New York World's Fair.

Former President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, visit the Illinois Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Virginia Marmaduke, Special Events Director for the Illinois Commission to the World's Fair, stands next to them holding a Land of…

Dick Ellsworth of the Chicago Cubs signs an autograph for Tommy Mullin outside of the Illinois Pavilion during a Cubs Autograph Party at the New York World's Fair.