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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hughston McBain, Joel Goldblatt, and Carl Sandburg at a banquet table
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1952
    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 hugging his wife on White House lawn with First Lady Bird Johnson and Mrs. Edward Steichen
    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.
  • Carl Sandburg and the Federation of Women's Clubs of America
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1957
    Description
    Associated Press photograph of Carl Sandburg in the middle of a group wearing a suit and bow tie with a caption which reads: "Sandburg hits TV. Poet Carl Sandburg lashed out at TV and the movies last nite before some 3000 members of the federation of womens clubs of America..." photograph dated 1957.
  • Carl Sandburg in Flat Rock on the eve of his 80th birthday
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1958
    Description
    Carl Sandburg in the study at Connemara on eve of his 80th birthday. A typed caption is at the bottom of the photograph. Carl is smiling and wearing a scarf or kerchief around his neck. photograph dated 5 January 1958.
  • Carl Sandburg in a dark suit and golfer's cap
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1960
    Description
    Carl Sandburg wearing a white cap and suit. Caption reads: "Author Carl Sandburg sports a white cap as he poses at a movie studio where he currently is working as a creative consultant on the movie version of 'The Greatest Story Every Told.' Sandburg is working with director George Stevens on the movie." (AP Wire photograph)
  • Selected poems
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1926
    Description
    Verso of B447-005-035. Caption glued to back reads: "Carl Sandburg whose selected poems edited and with an introduction by Rebecca West, has just been published by Harcourt, Brace and Company. This is the first time that a representative volume of his best work has been available." "Sep 30 - 1926" is stamped above the caption.
  • Carl Sandburg and wife with the Steichens, Lady Bird Johnson and unidentified person
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Knudsen, Robert L.
    Date
    1964
    Description
    Carl Sandburg and Lilian Paula Sandburg with Edward Steichen and Joanna Steichen, Lady Bird Johnson, and an unidentified person. "Robert L. Knudsen, The White House" stamped on back. Dated 10 April 1964.
  • Roger Foster III and a dog poking their heads out a window
    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.
  • Carl Sandburg talking to four young men in his study at Connemara
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Knapp, Donald F.
    Description
    Carl Sandburg standing in front of bookshelves talking to four other young men at Connemara. Carl is wearing his glasses, a kerchief around his neck, and a vest. Photograph by Donald F. Knapp.
  • Carl Sandburg before Congress with Richard Nixon and Sam Rayburn in background
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1959
    Description
    Sandburg Before Joint Session…, Carl Sandburg eulogizes Abraham Lincoln before joint session of Congress. Vice President Richard Nixon and House Speaker Sam Rayburn look on in background. Caption of picture is typed on right side. Dated 12 February 1959.
  • Helga Sandburg with Karlen Paula Steichen and John Carl Steichen
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1944
    Description
    Helga Sandburg holding Karlen Paula Steichen in her lap. John Carl Steichen is playing at her feet. Seated next to Helga is an unidentified older man. The four are on a patio of a house overlooking Lake Michigan in Harbert. photograph dated 7 November 1944.
  • Carl Sandburg warming up his guitar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1958
    Description
    Carl Sandburg warming up his guitar at the University of Illinois in Champaign. A typed caption notes that the University celebrated Sandburg's birthday by having him perform and inviting him to dinner with University President and Mrs. David D. Henry. Photograph dated 15 January 1958.
  • Carl Sandburg shaking Don McKiernan's hand
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Daley, Bud
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Carl Sandburg shaking Don McKiernan's hand. The two men are surrounded by other men and there is a microphone from BJS in front of them. Carl has a hat and satchel in his left hand. Photograph by Bud Daley and dated 1943.
  • 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 and wife, with Janet Sandburg and Margaret Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Vachon, John
    Date
    1956
    Description
    Carl Sandburg and Lilian Paula Sandburg with Janet Sandburg and Margaret Sandburg in the background, under a painting of Abraham Lincoln. Carl is playing his guitar. Photographer: John Vachon of "Look Magazine". Dated 10 July 1956.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Carl Sandburg and three other men studying Abraham Lincoln documents at the Library of Congress
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1947
    Description
    From left to right: James G. Randall, James Monaghan, Carl Sandburg, and Dr. L.A. Warren studying Abraham Lincoln documents at Library of Congress document room. photograph dated 26 July 1947.
  • Carl Sandburg speaking at the Assembly Hall dedication and commencement
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Rutledge, James H.
    Date
    1963
    Description
    Governor Kemer
  • Carl Sandburg on the eve of his 78th birthday.
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1956
    Description
    Carl Sandburg wearing a striped bow tie on the eve of his 78th birthday. To celebrate, he said he will "sit and look out at the Great Smokies and work once and a while." A typed caption is below the photograph. photograph dated 5 January 1956.
  • World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Ackerman, Michael J.
    Description
    Acme Newspictures photograph of World War II. Captain Ed N. Carpenter, (left), of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma., the Battery Unit Commander of a 155m.m. Howitzer unit receives a message from an observor at a forward post. On the right, is Corporal Jack Howe, of Muncie, Indiana. The photograph was taken near Cesaro, Sicily. Document describing Michael J. Ackerman's photographs is in enclosure C3-42.
  • 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 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 on a couch with a book next to an unidentified man
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Carl Sandburg seated on a couch, with a book in his hands next to an unidentified man.
  • Room full of books at Connemara
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Dunlap, Leslie
    Date
    1955
    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 signing a book at the Waldorf Astoria Bookshop
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1952
    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 with cigar and books on desk
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Carl Sandburg seated with cigar in hand, in front of a desk with open books.
  • Books by Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Photograph of books written by Carl Sandburg.
  • Associated Press photograph of Carl Sandburg and Congressman Fred Schwengel posing behind a copy of a painting by Ransom...
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Vathis, Paul
    Date
    1959
    Description
    Associated Press photograph taken at Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1959, the 96th annniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg and Congressman Fred Schwengel (R-Iowa) pose behind a copy of a painting by Ransom showing Lincoln at Gettysburg. This photograph was probably taken by AP staff photographer Paul Vathis.
  • Baseball game during World War II
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Creator
    Froeber
    Date
    1943
    Description
    Associated Press photograph of a baseball game during World War II. This photograph was taken during the 5th inning of the New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates game at the Polo Grounds on August 19th, 1943. The typescript attached to the verso reads "Ott #4 scores from 3rd base on Mancuso's fly out to center... DiMaggio #9 to Lopez # 12 ... Umpire Ballanfant ... 5th inning.
  • Carl Sandburg at a publisher's dinner at the Hotel Commodore
    Carl Sandburg Collection  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Date
    1959
    Description
    Publisher's dinner at the Hotel Commodore on 9 January 1959 in honor of Wendell Goodparture. Carl Sandburg is seated along the banquet table on the far left. He is the seventh person from the right end of his table. The woman to his right is Gypsy Rose Lee. Hilda Terry D'Alessio is in the crowd, near the table, in the lower left corner of the photograph. Immediately to the left of her is Joe Wershba. Kitty McCarthy is four faces to the right of Hilda Terry. Ethel Smith is also in the crowd.
  • Case for Spanish Guitar
    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.