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School house at Lincoln Center : rear view

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0493
Item
1916-04-28

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Includes view of wood shed near where President Abraham Lincoln's log home once stood.

Lincoln Bas Reliefs 5-6

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0466
Item
circa 1931

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Bas-reliefs by K. Schnieder depicting scenes in President Abraham Lincoln's life at Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois. Bottom right of photograph indicates American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co., 2008 Peoples Gas Building (122 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL).

Aaron Grigsby's Monument and headstone at Sara Lincoln Grigsby's grave

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0491
Item
1916-04-27

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Grave of sister and brother-in-law of President Abraham Lincoln. Sarah Lincoln Grisby (1807-1828) died in childbirth.

From Gentryville Ridge looking towards the site of Lincoln Center

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0487
Item
1916-04-28

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Gentryville Ridge looking towards the site of Lincoln Center, now Lincoln State Park.

Lincoln Bas Reliefs 9-10

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0467
Item
circa 1931

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Photo of bas-reliefs by K. Schnieder depicting President Abraham Lincoln's life events at Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois. Bottom right of photograph indicates American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co., 2008 Peoples Gas Building (122 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL).