Lincoln-Douglas debate at Galesburg, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: The Lincoln-Douglas debate at Galesburg, Illinois was held Oct. 7, 1858, at Old Main, Knox College. One hundred years later, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Chicago…
Old Main, site of Lincoln-Douglas debate, Galesburg, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityAdvertising postcards ; Picture postcards Caption on back of card: The Greater Hotel Custer, Galesburg's largest and only fireproof hotel. Newly furnished and rehabilitated. Beautiful air conditioned…
Commemorating the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Knox College, 1858-1958 Galesburg, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: On Oct. 7, 1858, on the east lawn of Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debated issues which led to the Civi…
Commemorating the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Knox College, 1858-1958 Galesburg, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: On Oct. 7, 1858, on the east lawn of Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debated issues which led to the Civi…
Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. : national historic site of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: 'Old Main,' Knox College, was built in 1857. On October 7, 1858 the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates on the slavery issue took place a the east end of this bui…
Lincoln-Douglas centennial commemoration, Freeport, Illinois, 1858-1958
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: This Lincoln-Douglas silhouette shows the 2 statesmen as they appeared during the great debate! Art by Andy Garner. Black-and-white postcard. Front of card o…
Old Main, Knox College, National Historic Site, Galesburg, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: East side of building as shown, was scene of historic Lincoln-Douglas debate on slavery issue, October 7, 1858, before 20,000 people. Color postcard. Ektachr…
Lincoln-Douglas Memorial, Washington Park, Quincy, Illinois
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Excerpts from debate by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas quoted on back of card: Lincoln at Quincy: We have in this nation this element of domestic slavery. We think it is a wrong…
Lincoln-Douglas plaque, Quincy, Ill.
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: The Lincoln-Douglas plaque in Washington Park commemorates the sixth of the famous debates and is located on the site of the debate platform. The memorial wa…
Lantz Gymnasium
View Full Item in Eastern Illinois UniversityPicture postcards Caption on back of card: Lantz Gymnasium, formerly called the Health Education Building, was re-named in the fall of 1953 for Dr. Charles P. Lantz, who guided athletic fortunes at Ea…