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George Barnard & James Gibson, Fortifications ...

Near Bull Run Battlefield

George N. Barnard’s Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Va., was made in March of 1862 ... Read More

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Wiley Sword, Shiloh: Bloody April, 1st ...

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Carl Van Doren, Mutiny in January, ...

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Cozzens, Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed ...

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Michael B. Ballard, Pemberton: A Biography, ...

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Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie ...

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Chattanooga Barracks & Depot, Albumen Photograph

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Ulysses S. Grant, Signature with Photograph ...

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Kurz & Allison Chromolithograph, The Battle ...

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The First Battle Between “Iron” Ships ...

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Helser Groundbreaking

Alexander Hesler, Roosevelt University and Auditorium ...

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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