Artifacts
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 12,000 artifacts, statuary, prints, paintings, broadsides, ephemera, photographs, philately, collectibles/miniatures, and numismatics. Materials are housed in 20 map case drawers, 30 cartons, and a variety of loose statuary, prints, and paintings. The collection also includes nearly 100 original manuscripts and the Claude Simmons collection which consists of approximately 12 bankers boxes of Lincoln related materials and scrapbooks. There are also approximately 15,000 books, journals, and pamphlets separated into two collections: the Lincoln Book Collection and the Civil War/Collateral Book Collection.
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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon
Henry C. Phillips
In the carte de visite photograph, a street view of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon is shown. In addition, other buildings such as the Union Volunteer Hospital are visible. The item was enclosed in a small envelope inscribed with the following: #131.
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The Bride's Toilet
Phiz
The stereograph contains a color image of a woman helping another woman dress.One woman is seated at a vanity while another woman stands behind her buttoning a dress.The image is on a brownish-color card mount, and the reverse indicates that the illustration is by Phiz. This is possibly in reference to Hablot Knight Browne, who used the pseudonym Phiz. Browne served as an illustrator for Charles Dickens's works.
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Photograph of Reclining Lincoln, Colorado Rocky Mountains
Charles D. Platte
The color digital photograph depicts Mount Lincoln, a part of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Photograph of Reclining Lincoln, Colorado Rocky Mountains
Charles D. Platte
The color digital photograph depicts Mount Lincoln, a part of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Eli Whitney Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Eleanor Platt, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts a bust image of Eli Whitney, and American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. The reverse design feature a man, presumably Whitney, standing behind a cotton gin holding papers, two African-American people (male and female) operate the gin. Another figure can be seen in the scene's background.
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James Kent Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Eleanor Platt, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of James Kent, an American jurist and legal scholar who authored Commentaries on American Law. The reverse design features an image of the Scales of Justice with a book placed at its center. An image of the Earth floats overhead, and two buildings stand on either side. A boat floats on a body of water at the scene's base.
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Maria Mitchell Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Eleanor Platt, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The commemorative medal's obverse features a bust image of Maria Mitchell, and American astronomer. On the medal's reverse, a woman sitting on a rock is pictured. In her proper right hand, she holds a telescope while a comet flies through the night sky. An ocean scene makes up the medal's background.
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Rufus Choate Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Eleanor Platt, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a bust image of Rufus Choate, an American lawyer, orator, and congressman. The reverse design depicts Choate standing between two tables. Choate places his proper right hand on a book resting on the table to his proper right. He holds a paper in his proper left hand.
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Amazing People Picture Match!
Playmore Inc. and Waldman Publishing Corp.
Card set/game; ""Amazing People Picture Match..."" Cards (36) depict famous people, including A. Lincoln. Made by Creative Child Games. In decorative box.
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The Capital, Circa 1846
John Plumbe Jr. and Library of Congress
Reproduction of an 1846 view of the United States Capitol. Pub. by the Library of Congress. published by the Library of Congress (American, -present) from a photograph by John Plumbe jr. (American, born British 1809 - 1857)
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Lincoln as a Young Adult in Illinois (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln as a Young Adult in Illinois coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918. The subset also includes a February 12, 1923 commemorative stamp, which features the image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about Abraham Lincoln's young adult years well as a color illustration, Lincoln as a Young Adult in Illinois. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from William H. Herndon's account of Lincoln's first term in the Illinois House of Representatives. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Debates Douglas (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Debates Douglas coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928. The subset also includes an August 27, 1958 commemorative stamp, which features an illustration of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the debates as well as a color illustration, Lincoln Debates Douglas. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Lincoln's statements during the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Ottowa, Illinois on Saturday, August 21, 1858. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948. The subset also includes a November 19, 1948 commemorative stamp, which features an image of Lincoln with his head bowed and the closing words of the speech. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about Gettysburg as well as a color illustration of Lincoln Delivering the Gettysburg Address. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from the Gettysburg Address. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Is Assassinated (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Is Assassinated coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958. The subset also includes an August 11, 1952 commemorative stamp, which features an image of Mount Rushmore. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the Lincoln's assassination as well as a color illustration of Lincoln Is Assassinated. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with an account of the death of Abraham Lincoln, as recalled by Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Is Elected President (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Is Elected President coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. The subset also includes an October 20, 1938 commemorative stamp, which features an illustration of a Lincoln bust from the Senate Gallery of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the 1860 Presidential Election as well as a color illustration of Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Lincoln's first inaugural speech, delivered on Monday, March 4, 1861. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Is Re-elected President (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Is Re-elected President coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953. The subset also includes a November 19, 1954 commemorative stamp, which features a portrait of Lincoln from a work by Douglas Volk. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the 1964 Presidential Election as well as a color illustration of Lincoln is Re-elected President. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Lincoln's inaugural speech. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943. The subset also includes an October 20, 1940 stamp commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery, which features an image of a statue of Abraham Lincoln and a kneeling slave. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the Emancipation Proclamation as well as a color illustration of Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Marries Mary Todd (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Marries Mary Todd coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923. The subset also includes a February 3, 1927 commemorative stamp, which features a portrait of Lincoln that was derived from a photograph taken during his presidency (1861-1865). The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about Abraham Lincoln's relationship with Mary Todd as well as a black and white illustration, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln with their Family. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Carl Sandburg and Paul M. Angle's Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincoln Presides Over the Civil War (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Presides Over the Civil War coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938. The subset also includes a July 7, 1942 commemorative stamp, which features a map of China and portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Sun Yat-sen, founder of the republic of China. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about the Civil War as well as a color illustration of Lincoln Presides Over the Civil War. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Lincoln's speech to the One Hundred Sixty-fourth Ohio Regiment in Washington, D.C. on August 18, 1864. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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Lincon's Log Cabin Boyhood (from the Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 Collection)
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln's Log Cabin Boyhood coins are a part of a larger fifty-coin set, The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958. In this subset, five Lincoln Cents are displayed in a paper card mount. The dates include 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913. The subset also includes a February 12, 1909 commemorative stamp, which features the image of a statue of Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Guadens. The paper card mount's recto also contains biographical information about Abraham Lincoln's formative years as well as a color illustration, Young Lincoln Reading by the Fire. The biographical information continues on the card's verso along with excerpts from Albert J. Beveridge's work Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858. The paper mount is encased in a plastic sleeve that is enclosed in a coin holder binder.
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The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958
Postal Commemorative Society Stamps and Coins
The Lincoln Coins & Stamps 1909-1958 coin holder contains fifty Lincoln Cents and ten Lincoln-related postage stamps, which are organized by ten major events in Lincoln's life. The first page featured in the coin holder contains biographical information about Abraham Lincoln as well as information about the coin and stamp set. The ten subsequent pages are mounts that each display five Lincoln Cents from various years as well as one postage stamp.
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President Lincoln Engraving
Daniel John Pound and Mathew Brady
The engraving features a black and white standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It is printed on off-white paper. Ref: O-17.
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Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture
Powel and Company
The oval-shaped albumen print features a composite image of the members of the 38th Congress who voted for the 13th Amendment. The image is mounted on a cream-colored card. Documentary information (i.e., the composite key) is also included.
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Mounted Photograph of the First Marble Version of Thomas Ball's Emancipation monument
Lognworth Powers and Thomas Ball
The object is a mounted photograph of the first marble version of Thomas Ball's Emancipation Monument. Very light foxing appears on the mount. Includes supplemental information.
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Abraham Lincoln Bust
P.P. Caproni and Brother and Martin Milmore
The plaster bust depicts the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, who is forward-facing. The bust is situated on a round pedestal and has been painted a dark brown hue. Under the pedestal's base, a metal artist marker may be found.