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History of the Lincoln neighborhood - historybuff22 - 08-27-2015 11:42 AM
Here's a link to an excellent photo-essay of the history of the Lincoln neighborhood in Springfield, Illinois. I learned very much and found it facsinating.
Produced by the Springfield Register
Rick Brown
HistoryReference.org
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"Not everything you read on the internet is true." Abraham Lincoln
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - Gene C - 08-27-2015 11:59 AM
Thanks for sharing Rick, that was great.
Hope you don't mind this shameless plug
See how it looks today by joining your Friends from the Forum for the 2015 Springfield Tour, this coming Oct 2 & 3.
I'm bringing a copy of that article with me.
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - historybuff22 - 08-27-2015 12:07 PM
To me, the current "Lincoln neighborhood" looks NOTHING like the original.
Rick Brown
HistoryReference.org
A Nonprofit Organization
"Not everything you read on the Internet is true." Abraham Lincoln
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - Eva Elisabeth - 08-27-2015 01:46 PM
GREAT article and photos - thank you so much for sharing!
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - RJNorton - 08-27-2015 02:14 PM
I second Gene and Eva. As a "survivor" of 20+ Springfield trips with the 8th graders I must admit the students in a couple of those photos look more organized/better behaved than our kids were.
I think I'll put in another plug for Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood by Bonnie Paull and Richard Hart. Wonderful book.
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - Gene C - 04-20-2018 06:09 AM
Here is an interesting old photograph of Lincoln's home in Springfield
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collier%27s_1921_Lincoln_Abraham_-_Springfield_home.jpg
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - RJNorton - 04-20-2018 07:13 AM
Thanks, Gene. That one is new to me.
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - Eva Elisabeth - 04-20-2018 03:12 PM
Neat. In no other photo the home looks so "gemütlich". Looks like there are streetcar tracks???
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - RJNorton - 04-20-2018 03:15 PM
(04-20-2018 03:12 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Neat. In no other photo the home looks so "gemütlich". Looks like there are streetcar tracks???
Yes, Eva.
"At the turn of the century, people visited the Lincoln Home either by horse and carriage or by Springfield's streetcars that operated on Eighth Street directly in front of the house."
https://www.nps.gov/features/liho/25/25.htm
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - Gene C - 04-21-2018 06:46 AM
Thanks for the link Roger, the park website has more information on it than I thought.
Here is one of the many interesting brochures, this one is titled "Lincoln's Hired Girls"
https://www.nps.gov/liho/planyourvisit/upload/Hired-Girl-Site-Bulletin.pdf
More brochures are under the "Plan Your Visit" heading.
RE: History of the Lincoln neighborhood - RJNorton - 04-21-2018 09:29 AM
In the link Gene provided one of the hired ladies mentioned was named Charlotte Rodriques De Souza. I was interested to note that she felt Abraham Lincoln was better looking than his photos show. I have heard this opinion stated by a few other people, too.
"Mrs. De Souza, who knew the man in life, says that few of his pictures resemble him. She recalls him as a more handsome man than his pictures depict."
From p. 88 of Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood.