Lincoln's Springfield -- In their Springfield prime -- The Lincoln boys' Springfield -- Samuel S. Ball's Bath & Barber Shop -- C. M. & S. Smith Store -- Lincoln's dentist -- Curran's Jewelry Shop -- Lincoln's invention -- Mary Lincoln's wedding ring -- Lincoln's hat -- Illinois State Register Office -- Campaign poles -- Fourth Street cottage -- Lincoln's Temperance Address -- Globe Tavern -- First Presbyterian Church -- Lincoln's funeral train -- Boardinghouse romance? -- Chenery House -- Brunswick's Billiard Hall -- Stuart & Lincoln Law Office -- Joshua Speed's Store -- Lincoln's last law office -- Simeon Francis Home -- The "Ball Alley" -- Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company -- Corneau & Diller Drug Store -- Cook's Hall -- The American House -- William Florville's Barber Shop -- Lincoln-era fire companies -- The Lyceum -- Lincoln's carriage maker -- Mary Lincoln's funeral -- The children's Lincoln -- Mary Lincoln's family -- Lincoln's horse -- Lincoln and animals -- Great Western Railroad Depot -- Animal problems -- Republican wigwams -- Political rallies and parades -- Wide-Awakes -- Masonic Hall -- Leaping Lincoln -- Virgil Hickox Home -- Clark and Ann Marie Smith Home (Vachel Lindsay Home) -- Illinois Executive Mansion -- Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards Home -- Mather's Grove.
Summary:
Presents fifty Abraham Lincoln stories as an illustrated guide to the Springfield Illinois, locations on the Looking for Lincoln Story Trail. (The trail consists of more than two hundred illustrated storyboards posted in sites of significance to Lincoln's life and career across fifty-two communities in Illinois.) Through texts, historic photographs and images, and maps the book helps recreate the social and cultural landscapes of Lincoln's Springfield.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.