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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The Annual Celebration of the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
The broadside was probably printed in the 19th century for an annual celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is printed on off-white paper with black ink.
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Clament Laird Vallandigham Carte de Visite
Austin Augustus Turner and D. Appleton and Co.
The Carte de Visite features a black and white bust-length portrait of C.L. Vallandigham, which is mounted to a white paper card; The card features a double-lined border around its parameter.
