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  • Hilda Terry D'Alessio, Olga Steckler, Gregory D'Alessio, and Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Steckler, Leonard
    Date
    1961
    Description
    From left to right: Hilda Terry D'Alessio, wife of Gregory D'Alessio, an unidentified man, Carl Sandburg, Olga Steckler, and Gregory D'Alessio. Behind the davenport on which they are seated is a sun-shaped mirror. Photograph by Leonard Steckler in 1961.
  • Carl Sandburg speaking at Grant Park in Chicago
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1948
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Lord Athlone during World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Carl Sandburg being presented with a scroll by the Campfire Girls
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Havoc, June
    Description
    Campfire Girls presenting a scroll to Carl Sandburg. On the right is Hilda Terry, wife of Gregory D'Alessio, in a Native American costume. The young woman in the middle is Stephanie Lange. The photograph was taken by June Havoc, sister of Gypsy Rose Lee.
  • Carl Sandburg playing the guitar outdoors
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Cruze, Harvey
    Date
    1950
    Description
    Carl Sandburg playing his guitar and singing outdoors on stage. He is wearing a suit and has a scarf or shawl around his shoulders. The photograph was published at some point, as it has crop marks around the perimeter. Photograph by Harvey Cruze.
  • Men pulling artillery
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Ackerman, Michael J.
    Description
    Acme Newspictures photograph of World War II. Men and a truck pulling a piece of artillery. Members of a U.S. Artillery Troops crew unhitch a 155 mm. Howitzer from the truck that towed it into position near Cesaro, Sicily. Document describing Michael J. Ackerman's photographs is in enclosure C3-42.
  • Carl Sandburg just prior to his 64th birthday
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1941
    Description
    Carl Sandburg just prior to his 64th birthday. Sandburg is in a suit and bow tie. He is leaning over a table, talking, and holding a cigar in his left hand. The photograph was taken on 24 December 1941 and used with the article celebrating his birthday on 6 January 1942.
  • Carl Sandburg being presented with a scroll by the Campfire Girls
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Havoc, June
    Description
    Campfire Girls presenting a scroll to Carl Sandburg. On the right is Hilda Terry, wife of Gregory D'Alessio, in a Native American costume. The young woman in the middle is Stephanie Lange. The photograph was taken by June Havoc, sister of Gypsy Rose Lee.
  • Carl Sandburg and Harry Golden with cigars
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Hunter, Don
    Date
    1961
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Hilda Terry D'Alessio, Olga Steckler, Gregory D'Alessio, and Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Steckler, Leonard
    Date
    1961
    Description
    From left to right: Hilda Terry D'Alessio, wife of Gregory D'Alessio, an unidentified man, Carl Sandburg, Olga Steckler, and Gregory D'Alessio. Behind the davenport on which they are seated is a sun-shaped mirror. Photograph by Leonard Steckler in 1961.
  • Hilda Terry D'Alessio, Olga Steckler, Gregory D'Alessio, and Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Steckler, Leonard
    Date
    1961
    Description
    From left to right: Hilda Terry D'Alessio, wife of Gregory D'Alessio, an unidentified man, Carl Sandburg, Olga Steckler, and Gregory D'Alessio. Behind the davenport on which they are seated is a sun-shaped mirror. Photograph by Leonard Steckler in 1961.
  • Carl Sandburg at his 75th birthday dinner
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1953
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Portrait of Sandburg with his hands folded in his lap and a frame around his head
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    • Hutchinson, Eugene
    • Chicago
    Date
    1944
    Description
    Carl Sandburg wearing a suit and tie, sitting with his hands folded on Unity Day Mass Meeting. A frame has been drawn around his head for publication purposes. Photograph by Eugene Hutchinson and dated 5 January 1944.
  • Carl Sandburg with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steichen, First Lady, and President Johnson at White House
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1964
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Baseball game during World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Hoff, M. M.
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Associated Press photograph of a baseball game during World War II. The photograph was taken during the 4th inning of the Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers game at Ebbets Field on August 19th, 1943. Brooklyn Dodger Billy Herman (16) is safe at second when Chicago Cub Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (47) juggles Howie Schultz's grounder. Chicago Cub Eddie Stanky (25) points towards the base as an unidentified umpire signals "safe".
  • Carl Sandburg at US Capitol Building with Sam Rayburn and Fred Schwengel
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1961
    Description
    and others. A full list of those represented are typed at the bottom of the photograph. Dated 4 March 1961.
  • Chicago Water Works in 1867, as included in 1961 press release
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1867
    Description
    Photograph reproduction of a lithograph of the Chicago Water Works originally printed in the January 1867 edition of Chicago Illustrated. In the center of the image is the Chicago Water Tower. Included with the photo is a 1961 press release from the Water Tower Inn for the 92nd anniversary of the tower's completion. According to the press release, the tower was the only municipal building to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The tower is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • He's safe at the baseball game
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Hoff, M. M.
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Associated Press photograph of a baseball game during World War II. This photograph was taken during the 6th inning of a Chicago Cubs vs Brookyn Dodgers game at Ebbets Field on August 19th, 1943. Brooklyn Dodger Bobby Bragan (15) slides safely into second base as Chicago Cub Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (47) catches the ball thrown by Chicago Cub Phil Cavarretta on Curt Davis's grounder. An unidentified umpire signals "safe".
  • Baseball during World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Hoff, M. M.
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Associated Press photograph of a baseball game during World War II. This photograph was taken during the 5th inning of the Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers game at Ebbets Field on August 19th, 1943. Brooklyn Dodger Augie Galan (24) slides safely into 3rd on a base hit by Gene Hermanski. Chicago Cub Stu Martin (22) catches the baseball. An unidentified umpire observes the play.
  • Carl Sandburg at a press conference
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1959
    Description
    Carl Sandburg seated in a chair in Washington, D.C. and turned to face the camera. In the background is a fire in a fireplace. A typed caption above the photograph reads: "Poet Carl Sandburg is shown at a press conference 10/28 at which he said he was a beatnik long before most of the present-day bearded coffee-house types ever got out of diapers. Sandburg, 81, said he anticipated the beatniks for several years and told newsmen that some of his best poems -- among them 'Jazz Fantasia' -- are beatnik." photograph dated 28 October 1959.
  • Carl Sandburg with his neighborhood friends in Galesburg, Illinois
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1894
    Description
    Standing, from left to right: Frenchie Juneau, Fred Cook, Martin G. Sandburg, Willis Calkins, Oscar F. Larson, Lawrence Futhey, Victor Thoureen, Carl Sandburg
  • Room full of men sitting around a dinner table
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Room full of men sitting around a dinner table
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Man at lectern reading and being recorded
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Man in a dark suit at lectern reading and being recorded by NBC at the opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln collection at the Library of Congress. photograph credited to the Library of Congress.
  • Luther Evens and Carl Sandburg at the Library of Congress
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1947
    Description
    Dr. Luther Evans and Carl Sandburg at the Library of Congress. A CBS microphone is sitting on the table between the two men. photograph dated 25 July 1947.
  • Room full of men sitting around a dinner table
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Men standing around table as reports are being distributed
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Men standing around table as reports are being distributed at the opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln collection at the Library of Congress. photograph credited to the Library of Congress.
  • Room full of men sitting around a dinner table
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Two men looking at bound volumes inside of a locked cabinet
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Two men looking at bound volumes inside of a locked cabinet at the opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln papers at the Library of Congress. photograph credited to the Library of Congress.
  • Carl Sandburg looks over Lincoln papers at the Library of Congress
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1947
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Ackerman, Michael J.
    Description
    Captain Neal C. Galloway, Roosevelt, Oklahoma.
  • Carl Sandburg with the 1891 Confirmation Class of Elim Lutheran Church, Galesburg, Illinois
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1891
    Description
    Back row, from left to right: Emil Nelson, Axel Johnson, Herman Johnson, Oscar F. Larson
  • Baseball during World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Hoff, M. M.
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Images were captured using an Epson 1640 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop 7.0 and 8.0 imaging software. Master images were captured in TIFF format, 24-bit color or 16-bit black-and-white. Image size was 600 DPI for all master images. Master image size ranged from roughly 2.5 MB to 40.0 MB. Images were optimized using Photoshop 5.0. For this project image modification was kept to a minimum. Images were rotated and some borders were cropped to reflect the look of the original piece. Access images were created as JPEGS with minimum compression and sized to 1024x768 pixels.
  • Carl Sandburg, Conrad Byloff, and Martin Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1940
    Description
    From left to right: Carl Sandburg, Conrad Byloff, and Martin Sandburg standing on a sidewalk in front of Martin Sandburg's home in Galesburg, Illinois in August 1940. Carl Sandburg and Conrad Byloff were in Galesburg for a reunion of Spanish–American War veterans. Both men served in Sixth Infantry Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. Carl Sandburg is holding a Spanish–American War rifle.
  • Carl Sandburg in a chair with bookshelves behind him at Connemara
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1955
    Description
    For this item, the image was captured using an Epson 12000 XL flatbed scanner and Photoshop CC imaging software. The master image was captured in TIFF format, 16-bit color, 600 ppi. For this project, image modification was kept to a minimum. Access image was created as a JPEG 2000 with minimum compression and sized to 3000 pixels on the longest edge.
  • Carl Sandburg at the card catalog
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1956
    Description
    Caption of a photograph of Carl Sandburg perusing the card catalog at the University of Illinois Library. photograph dated 17 June 1956.
  • Carl Sandburg and two men
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Carl Sandburg and two men [senators?]. Library of Congress photograph.
  • Carl Sandburg with his neighborhood friends in Galesburg, Illinois
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Seated, from left to right: Charles Bloomgreen, Robert G. Samuelson, Lyle Tapp, George W. Ericson
  • White cat sitting atop some books
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    White cat sitting atop some books. Annotation on back.
  • Books by Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Photograph of books written by Carl Sandburg.