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The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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Item Title
Stephen Douglas original life mask taken in Chicago.
Author/Creator
Sculptor: Volk, Leonard Wells
Created/Published
1857
Chicago, Illinois
Notes
The life mask is housed in a dove tailed oak box with carved decorations and a brass name plate. Inscribed on the box: Box no 2; Jessie Volk Center, Lovell Maine.
Subjects
United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
United States--Maine--Oxford--Lovell
Volk, Leonard Wells (1828-1895)
Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861)
Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Portraits
realia
Physical Objects
Object Type
Medium
Box 34.5 wide x 21.5 high by 24 across; Mask: 22 cm long x 16 cm wide by 13.5 deep.
Call Number
Catalog no. 5151
Part of
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
lprbscsm scsm1058
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm1058