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albs_SUPAdminJune 8, 2020

Abraham Lincoln Signatures – A Primer

People are always curious about Abraham Lincoln Signatures. Where do they come from? What makes one example a "starter signature" and another a once-in-a-lifetime find? In our latest video Daniel Weinberg shares examples of some of the most often seen ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminAugust 15, 2019

A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelly 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 ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminJuly 31, 2019

Iannelli Bust to Be Reproduced, Displayed in Paris!

One of the most rewarding parts of our jobs here are Abraham Lincoln Book Shop is the opportunity to find the right homes for the objects that come through the shop. What's even more rewarding is learning what happens to ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminJuly 2, 2019

Abe & Mary, A Reunion Over 150 Years in the Making

Recently, we sold this Volk statuette of Abraham Lincoln. It's hard to not get attached to these things; and we are always a little sad when these beauties move on to a new home. We miss him already! We have a great ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminJanuary 4, 2018

Carl Sandburg: Poet, Music Anthropologist, Lincoln Biographer

January 6th marks the 140th Anniversary of Carl Sandburg's birth. A true 20th Century Renaissance Man, among Sandburg's accomplishments is bringing Lincoln to life for many early 20th Century Americans in The Prairie Years and The War Years. Born in 1878, ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminMay 30, 2017

Memorial Day at Chicago’s Rosehill Cemetery

Yesterday was Memorial Day. The usual story about it's origin is that the holiday was started by Union General John Logan. Logan was commander-in-chief of a Union veterans’ organization called the Grand Army of the Republic. Logan issued a decree establishing ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminMay 3, 2017

Lincoln’s Journey Home

On this date 152 years ago Lincoln's body was lying in state here in Chicago. Throughout the day-at a rate of 7,000 per hour-mourners filed past the casket paying their final respects to President Lincoln. That evening, the Lincoln Funeral ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminMay 1, 2017

Block Museum Receives Steichen Gift

Followers of Carl Sandburg and his family will be happy to know that Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art has just received a major gift of Edward Steichen's photographs. These 44 photographs are a gift from Richard and Jackie Hollander. These ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminMarch 10, 2017

Of Local Interest Art Young at Loyola University’s Cudahy Library

Anthony Mourek, long time friend, colleague and fellow Manuscript Society member, collects the political cartoons of Art Young. His collection is featured in an exhibit at the Cudahy Library, 6515 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago. The library is on the Lakeshore ... Read More

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albs_SUPAdminMarch 16, 2016

Nicolay and Hay, and Their “Other” Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln: A History, by President Lincoln’s private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, stands even today as the most massive single work ever written on the sixteenth president. The publication of the ten-volume set by the Century Company in ... Read More

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Margin Notes

Abraham Lincoln Signatures – A Primer

A Look at Lakeside Classics

Iannelli Bust to Be Reproduced, Displayed in Paris!

Abe & Mary, A Reunion Over 150 Years in the Making

Carl Sandburg: Poet, Music Anthropologist, Lincoln Biographer

Memorial Day at Chicago’s Rosehill Cemetery

Lincoln’s Journey Home

Block Museum Receives Steichen Gift

Of Local Interest Art Young at Loyola University’s Cudahy Library

Nicolay and Hay, and Their “Other” Lincoln

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Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood, ...

Photograph of the Enola Gay and ...

Buttre, J, C. Portraits and Sketches ...

William Henry Harrison, Document Signed, First ...

Earl J. Hess, July 22-The Civil ...

George Washington, Letter, Signed Military Interest

William H. Harrison, A Voyage to ...

(World War II) U.S. Gov. Printing ...

George Washington, Letter, Signed, Military Interest

Theodore Roosevelt, Typed Letter, Signed