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The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln

Description: Image of an eye-level view of a log cabin with a young boy Abraham Lincoln feeding chickens on the dirt path in front; sheep graze near a stream in foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1904
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_003346
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant

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Image of an eye-level view of a cabin in a clearing surrounded by trees with a woman standing near the gate; a man plows a field with a team of cattle in foreground.

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Whittier's barefooted boy

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Image of a small barefoot boy in overalls standing on a rock in a stream inspired by the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier; a dirt path behind him leads past a stand of trees towards a house in the distance at left.

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The mail carrier of 100 years ago. ; The flight of the fast mail on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. The popular passenger route between the east and west

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Image of an eye-level close-up perspective view of a steam locomotive, tender, and labeled mail cars passing on a track before a mother, two children, dog, and basket of fruit in the foreground, with a man throwing a mail bag from a train car to a man on the ground; the steam locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, a cab labeled "J.H. Devereux," and the number "317" written on the locomotive; a smaller upper image of an eye-level landscape view depicting an 18th century rural scene with a man on horseback on a plank road in the foreground, and a log cabin and family behind with a man chopping wood, a woman, child, and a boy drinking water from a trough.

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Glennvlle [sic], on the Hudson

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Image of an eye-level view of a fence-lined dirt road leading to the town of Glenville, New York; horse-drawn wagon on road in foreground.

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View of Painted Post, Steuben Co. N.Y. : From the north side. 1850

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the town of Painted Post and surrounding hillsides in Steuben County, New York, as seen from a hill with trees, a path, and a man and woman on horseback in the foreground.

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Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Otis Bisbee, A.M. Principal and Proprietor

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Image of an eye-level view of Riverview Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York; large academy building on a hill with American flag on a pole in front; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicle on dirt road in foreground; Hudson River and boats in background.

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The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln

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