Title
Henry Horner, Executive Library
Subject
Illinois Executive Mansion (Springfield, Ill.)
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940
Library buildings
Governors
Description
Interior view of the executive mansion library during Henry Horners tenure as governor. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during the Great Depression. Additionally, Horner's extensive collection of Lincolniana became the foundation of the Lincoln Collection at the Illinois State Historical Library (now the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library).
Creator
Georg, Herbert
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
en
Identifier
400412
Henry Horner Collection
Original Format
commercial print
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
21 x 25 cm