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National Republican Chart, Includes a Grace ...

The Chart That Changed the Face of History 

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Charles Turzak, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography ...

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A Glorious Fate

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Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

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A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelley opened his Chicago printing company in 1864. In 1870, he changed the name to Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. Rising from the ashes of the 1871 fire, by 1901 they moved into their own building. Located in today's Printer's Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More