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Portrait of John Wallace Hutchinson, brother of Asa and Judson Hutchinson. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group that toured the United States and Great Britain in the 1840s.

Song depicts desire for a Lincoln-like president. Arrangement for band, orchestra, or mandolin, banjo, and guitar. Cover has likenesses of Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, and Andrew Jackson surrounded by laurels, three…

Cover depicts Columbia, sword in hand, riding a war chariot pulled by four white horses.

Two people stand on the side of the Baptist church in Assumption.

Helen DuBarry writes to her mother, providing a detailed account of the assassination of President Lincoln, which Helen witnessed as a member of the audience at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865.

In the wake of Lincoln's assassination, Helen DuBarry writes her mother about witnessing Lincoln's funeral procession in Washington, D.C.

Jeremiah Cox agrees to pay William Duff $1.25.

Constable William Duff writes this receipt for James Bradford Lincoln who pays the amount of his debt and court costs stipulated in the judgement rendered in Thomas Branchard v. James Bradford Lincoln.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus based on a French revolutionary song of 1848. Verses are in French and English.

The 1927 NCAA championship football team from the University of Illinois poses for a portrait. Lead by head coach Robert C. Zuppke, players include Lloyd Burdick, Russell J. Crane, Arthur L. D'Ambrosio, Keston J. Deimling, A. Blair French, Louis J.…

Justice of the Peace James T. Duncan orders Mrs. Frances Lincoln to settle with F.L. Barris for taking up his cow on November 26, 1838.

A H-21 helicopter of the 25th Aviation Company at East Range Area, Schofield Barracks, transports a vehicle for visiting General Sir Richard Hull of the British Forces in Singapore.

Belgian violinist, conductor, and composerEugene Ysaye poses for a portrait holding his violin while standing in front of a chair draped with the American flag.Image signature: "Confraternal souvenir au vieux maitre, Signor Jannotta. E. Ysaye"

Lyrics depict singer's happy memories of home at a younger age. Cover image depicts children picking flowers in front of two homes and a portrait of the lyricist/publisher in the lower left corner.

Two McWilliams children of Dundas, Illinois, pose for a portrait.

John A. Logan poses for a portrait.

Ice covers businessman and showman P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York City after it was destroyed by fire on March 3, 1868. The American Museum opened on November 13, 1865, some three and a half years after a fire claimed the original Barnum…

Union soldiers stand along the the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The Dutch Gap Canal was a failed attempt by Union troops to bypass a bend in the river that was surrounded by Confederate forts. On verso:…

Two men crouch on a pontoon bridge constructed by Union soldiers over the James River near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

A train waits at the railroad station across from several buildings in a street view of Whitehall Street in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Civil War.

Memorial song expressing grief over the death of Abraham Lincoln. Four part harmony for mixed group.

Alvin G. Fields, mayor of East St. Louis, poses for a portrait.

Instrumental Music. Cover depicts portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by images of Lincoln's birthplace, Lincoln's Memorial Hall, Lincoln's Tomb, and Emancipation Statue of Lincoln in Washington.

Lyrics depict United States as a battleship damaged over previous 4 years under James Buchanan and expresses hope for the election of Abraham Lincoln.The Wide Awakes were organized, uniformed chapters of young men who campaigned and marched for a…