This class includes prints from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first centuries. Many prints are in color while others are black and white.
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General Thoma J. (Stonewall) Jackson 1861
Clive R. Wooster
The print features a standing portrait of Stonewall Jackson in uniform mounted on a horse. It is a part of a collection of thirty prints. Possibly hand colored.
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Lincoln the Rail-Splitter
Donna Predmore and Pioneer Advertising
Etching: ""Lincoln The Rail-Splitter..."" From boxed set: ""Abraham Lincoln In Illinois,"" etchings by Donna Predmore, pub. by Pioneer Advertising. Abraham Lincoln is depicted at the center of the page with an axe. Abraham Lincoln is holding the axe with both hands over his shoulder. In the background, there is a log cabin. There are also rednerings of trees, stumps and two books.
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Mrs. Sarah Bush Lincoln, Lincoln's Stepmother.
[INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE.] The print appears to be taken from Abraham Lincoln's Stories and Speeches: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Incidents, War Reminiscences, etc. by James Baird McClure.
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Reproduction The Death of 'Stonewall' Jackson
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Description provided by the Abraham Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection: This hand-colored lithograph features Confederate General Thomas Jackson on his death bed. He is depicted inside a tent with three soldiers surrounding him; a fourth soldier waits with a horse in the tent entrance. The title is printed below the image. Jackson was wounded during battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and died on May 10, 1863.
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The Boy Lincoln and His Mother
M. Leone Bracker and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
In the image, Abraham Lincoln is shown as a boy kneeling at the feet of his mother. He holds pen and paper in his hand. Nancy Hanks Lincoln is shown seated in a chair, reading a book.
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A Good Motherly Woman
E. and H. T. Anthony
The object is a reproduction of photo of Mary Todd Lincoln. Lloyd Ostendorf described Lincoln as looking "like a good Motherly kind of woman" in this photograph [Ref: ML,O-23]. It is accompanied by a cover sheet with caption.
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Sentance of Mumford at N. Orleans
Steel engraving. In pencil: ""Sentance of Mumford At N. Orleans."" There are several soldiers depicted standing around a table. Two soldiers are holding Mumford while another solider at a table looks on. The solider at the table, has an arm outstretched.
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General William Tecumseh Sherman 1863
Clive R. Wooster
The print features a portrait of General William Tecumseh Sherman in uniform seated at a table covered in maps. It is a part of a collection of thirty prints. Possibly hand colored.
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Reproduction print of of a wood engraving depicting the Arrest of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, at Dayton, Ohio, May 5 [1863]
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of an engraving depicting the arrest of C.L. Vallandigham. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Carl Sangburg from 1977 Great Americans Calendar
Burger King Corporation
The print features a reproduction of a painting depicting portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Carl Sandburg. Also present are figures on wagons as well as a city skyline. The print was torn from the 1977 Great Americans Calendar, issued by the Burger Kind Corporation.
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Lincoln and Others Loading a Flatboat
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object features an image of Abraham Lincoln, John D. Johnston, John Hanks, and others loading pigs onto a flatboat destined for New Orleans.
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Waiting for Ann Rutledge
Donna Predmore and Pioneer Advertising
Etching: ""Waiting For Ann Rutledge..."" From boxed set: ""Abraham Lincoln In Illinois,"" etchings by Donna Predmore, pub. by Pioneer Advertising. Abraham Lincoln is depicted standing against a log fence. In the background, there is a young women and a log cabin. There are also several renderings of trees.
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At Dr. William Fithian's Home
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features and image of Dr. William Fithian speaking with Abraham Lincoln. Ward Hill Lamon stands in the background.
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John M. Palmer Greets Abraham Lincoln
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln shaking hands with John M. Palmer. The Carlinville train depot is pictured in the background.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Quincy
Donna Predmore and Pioneer Advertising
Etching: ""The Lincoln-Douglas Debate In Quincy..."" From boxed set: ""Abraham Lincoln In Illinois,"" etchings by Donna Predmore, pub. by Pioneer Advertising. In the foreground of the image, Abraham Lincoln is depicted standing on a platform while addressing a crown of spectators. In the background of the image, there are more spectators and partially obscured renderings of trees.
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Chicago-October 10, 1871
Chicago Historical Society
The image depicts the city just two days after the Great Chicago Fire erupted. Pictured are piles of rubble that were once buildings. It is estimated that more than $200,000,000 worth of damage was done; more tragically, some 90,000 people were displaced because of the fire and approximately 300 people perished in the flames.
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General George E. Pickett
Clive R. Wooster
The print features a standing portrait of George W. Pickett in uniform. It is a part of a collection of thirty prints. Possibly hand colored.
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U. S. Grant
The image depicts a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant from the chest up. Grant was a Union general during the American Civil War and the United State's 18th president.
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BARBARA FRIETCHIE'S DEFIANCE
Albert Bobbett
Steel engraving: ""Barbara Frietchie's Defiance."" In the foreground, four soliders are depicted walking while another rides a white horse. The solider on the left is depicted aiming his weapon at Barabra Frietchie. Barabra Frietchie is depicted waving the American flag outside of a window as the Confederate soliders pass.
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Ulysses S. Grant
F. C. Smillie and Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The engraving features a head and shoulders portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, who wears a dark suit and tie. The portrait has a vignette border.
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Abe the Inventor
Donna Predmore and Pioneer Advertising
Etching: ""Abe The Inventor..."" From boxed set: ""Abraham Lincoln In Illinois,"" etchings by Donna Predmore, pub. by Pioneer Advertising. Abraham Lincoln is depicted on the left hand side of the image. Abraham Lincoln is depicted sitting a chair with a foot on a small ottoman. The room is ornately decorated with curtains, books, vases and wall ornaments.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 20 September 1858
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Behind him, a scene from the Lincoln-Douglas debate in Sullivan, Moultrie County is shown.
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Lawyer Abraham Lincoln Conferring with Judge David Davis
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln speaking to Judge David David near the McLean County Courthouse in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Pelican Regiment of Louisiana New Orleans 1861
Clive R. Wooster
The print features a portrait of a member of the Pelican Regiment of Louisiana in uniform. The soldier waves a flag in his hands. It is a part of a collection of thirty prints. Possibly hand colored.