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John Trumbull, Declaration of Independence, Print ...

Presenting the Declaration of Independence to Congress

John Trumbull painted the original patriotic scene on a 12’ x 18’ canvas in 1818, ... Read More

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Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 1st Ed, ...

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Edward Meany, Washington From Life

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Arnold Whitridge, Rochambeau, 1st Ed.

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Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of ...

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H. W. Brands, American Patriarch: The ...

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John Hancock, Appointment, Signed

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Charles Turzak, Spirit of ’76 (After ...

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Abraham Lincoln, Full Signature with Photograph

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Abraham Lincoln, Military Commission, Signed, and ...

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Edward Bates, Autograph Letter, Signed

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Special Announcements

Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

UPDATE: Our own Bjorn Skaptason visited the Iannelli bust in person. Watch him talk about it! UPDATE: The bust is completed and installed in Paris! Read about the unveiling ceremony. UPDATE:  Thanks to Judy Barclay and the Paris-Chicago Sister City Committee the Iannelli bust is being replicated. The replica travelling to Paris! We are thrilled to play a small role in this ... Read More

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A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelley opened his Chicago printing company in 1864. In 1870, he changed the name to Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. Rising from the ashes of the 1871 fire, by 1901 they moved into their own building. Located in today's Printer's Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More