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Photo (or Meserve photo) of Capitol at Washington the day of President Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, made by Sweet Wallach, Chicago).

A black and white photograph of the Bixby letter.

Photograph (of image?) taken at Chicago Historical Society by Smith "old [Gustavus] Pape house showing approach of erosion by river.

Gustavus Pape House at Kaskaskia, Illinois showing approach of erosion by river photographed at Chicago Historical Society.

Pape House at Kaskaskia (from an old photograph at Chicago Historical Society); 1918/01/04 (1) (draft)

Photographed by Smith at the Chicago Historical Society.

Paw Paw trees in woods near Behren's Farm

A black and white photograph taken of Riding the circuit - Lincoln, taken from Collier; 1912/01/01

A photo taken of the Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State (also called Seated Lincoln or Sitting Lincoln) Statue originally slated for placement in John Crerar's plans for a public library (now operated by the University of Chicago), the statue itself was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Due to individuals successfully preventing the placement of the John Crerar library in Grant Park, the library was constructed elsewhere, and the statue itself was unveiled on May 31, 1926 at it's current location north of Van Buren Street.

Photograph of print of iconic 1862 image by photographer William Pywell documenting the slave trading company Price, Birch & Co. The original negative and other reproductions are located at the Library of Congress: ppmsca 12521 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.12521