Home of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ills. 1861-1865 art nouveau poster splintered deck

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and the slow blue haze that settles over the highlands at dusk

The Barbers Blade Warner Safety Razor Patent Blueprint captures the working geometry of the Victorian barber's trade — the angles

conscripting the language of 1776 to wage a quieter war against the saloon

Home of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ills. 1861-1865 art nouveau poster splintered deckHome of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ills. 1861 1865 the modest Greek Revival on Eighth and Jackson, rendered in lithograph as the address a country lawyer left for the White House and never returned to alive. The years bracket the presidency exactly, the way a headstone brackets a life. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical