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Nicholas Cave Lindsay recites poetry on stage at Springfield High School, the school his father, Vachel Lindsay, attended.

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In 1911, the United States Post Office began experimenting with air mail flights. In 1921, the first nighttime air mail flight was flown by Jack Knight from Omaha to Chicago.

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Nikolai Sokoloff conducts the Illinois Symphony Orchestra during a rehearsal. The Russian-American violinist and conductor served as the director of the Federal Music Project from 1935-1938. Sokoloff conducted the San Francisco People's Philharmonic…

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Ninian Wirt Edwards poses for a portrait.

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A painting shows a man walking on a road and looking at the Springfield home of Ninian Wirt Edwards in the distance.

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An exterior view shows the home of Ninian Wirt Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards. The house, constructed in 1836, served as the site of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln's marriage and Mary's death.On verso: "Ninian Edwards home where Lincoln was married.…

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus lamenting the loss of loved ones.

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A road sign posted on a fence reads "To the Governor's Seat in 1912" above an elephant wearing a saddle labeled "For the Reg. Rep. Candidate" crouching in the road. Armed groups on either side of the road representing Charles Deneen and Charles…
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