Stage and speaker at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration. The man seated to the right of the speaker is Clark E. Carr.

View of the crowd and the stage on the east side of Old Main during the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration.

View of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate anniversary celebration at Knox College on the east side of Old Main. The flag from the 1858 election is just visible on Old Main.

Stage and speaker at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration. The man seated to the right of the speaker is Clark E. Carr.

Women in period costume present a pageant, with orchestra in the background, on the lawn outside Old Main. The pageantry is in celebration of the Lincoln-Douglas debate. The banner reads, 'Knox Colleg…

Knox College President Albert Britt (left) and actor Frank McGlynn outside of Old Main. Frank McGlynn portrayed Abraham Lincoln at the Knox College 1928 Lincoln-Douglas debate reenactment.

Knox College President Albert Britt (left) and actor Frank McGlynn outside of Old Main. Frank McGlynn portrayed Abraham Lincoln at the Knox College 1928 Lincoln-Douglas debate reenactment.

Grandson of Stephen A. Douglas on stage at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration. The man seated to the right of the speaker is Clark E. Carr.

Representative G.W. Prince of Galesburg addresses the crowd at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration.

Clark E. Carr addresses the crowd at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration.

William Howard Taft, Republican candidate for president of the United States addresses the crowd at the 1908 Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration.

American orator and politician William Jennings Bryan exits Old Main through the east door, onto the stairs on which the Lincoln-Douglas debate at Knox College occurred years before.