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Door Knocker, Boyhood Home of Abraham ...

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We have never seen this Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home-themed door knocker. Door Stops? Yes. This door ... Read More

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Heroines of Mercy Street

Pamela D. Toler PhD., Heroines of ...

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William Bell Clark, Gallant John Berry, ...

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Sarmiento, Domingo F., Vida de Abraham ...

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Ernest and Trevor Dupuy, The Harper ...

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“Mother” Bickerdyke, Signature on Visitor Register

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Mary Livermore, Carte de Visite and ...

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E. K. & S. E. Hough, ...

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George Barnard, Albumen Photogtraph, Battle Ground ...

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Saladin Ambar

Murder on the Mississippi

Airdate: 04/16/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Lois Romano

An Inconvenient Widow

Airdate: 05/28/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

UPDATE: Our own Bjorn Skaptason visited the Iannelli bust in person. Watch him talk about it! UPDATE: The bust is completed and installed in Paris! Read about the unveiling ceremony. UPDATE:  Thanks to Judy Barclay and the Paris-Chicago Sister City Committee the Iannelli bust is being replicated. The replica travelling to Paris! We are thrilled to play a small role in this ... Read More

A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelley 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 today's Printer's Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More