Bloomington Sesquicentennial collection, 1950-2000.

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Bloomington Sesquicentennial collection, 1950-2000.

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Includes Bloomington centennial souvenir program 1850-1950 (17-23 Sept. 1950); photocopy of The Daily Pantagraph, Jubilee Edition (19 June 1901); newspaper article about Lincoln's "lost ear" (Pantagraph, 8 July 2000); "Lincoln's Lost Ear" program (two copies); "Lincoln's Lost Ear" contest information (four copies); "Sesquicentennial Events at McLean County Museum of History," rules and map of 1 July celebration; McLeannium time capsule, submission guidelines and form; "McLeannium: A Representative list of titles on McLean County from the Illinois Collection of Bloomington Public Library, Bloomington, Illinois" (booklet); handwritten note; photographs of a party in downtown (presumably Bloomington; 1 July 2000); "Sesqui! Bloomington 150 Years" (official program of the 150th anniversary for Bloomington, 1 and 2 July 2000; three items); pocket calendar for 2000; and Bloomington Illinois gift bag.

.25 linear ft.

Mclean County Historical Society Library

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Mclean County Historical Society Library

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

McLean County Museum of History (McLean County, Ill.)

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Bloomington Public Library (Bloomington, Ill.)

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