Lincoln's watch chain and key. Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Category: Equipment Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
Lincoln's watch. Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
Lincoln's pocketknife. Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
As the wheat areas thicken in the west and thin out in the east, the political balance of power in Washington shifts to the northwest Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Type: Map Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
The epic of wheat is immensely involved in the epic of America. It made Chicago important to London. It was a factor in splitting old political formations. Compare, particularly, the midwest and northwest states in this map and the one on the opposite pag Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Category: Type: Map Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
Rail lines in 1850 are mostly stubs connecting cities or waterways in short haul traffic. Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Type: Map Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
In ten years rail lines spread from the Atlantic coast to beyond the Mississippi River, and trunk lines carry a long haul traffic. The iron horse is a strange and powerful factor in economic and political development. Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Type: Map Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
Joshua Giddings Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Category: People Type: Photograph Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
John Quincy Adams Date: 1925 Creator: Sandburg, Carl Category: People Type: Photograph Permission: Northern Illinois University Source: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.