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A Treasure of the Massachusetts State House

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John C. Hallock, Two Battle Letters ...

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1860 Campaign Ferrotype, Lincoln and Hamlin

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National Republican Chart, With Grace Bedell ...

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Kevin M. Levin

A Glorious Fate

Airdate: 09/29/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Walter Stahr

William Howard Taft: A Great American Life

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Gerald L. Maatman

Stonewall's Lieutenant

Airdate: 12/03/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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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