Caption

Petersburg, Illinois - Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site. The site is a reconstruction of New Salem Village, where Abraham Lincoln lived as a young man from 1831 to 1837. The reconstruction was done as a Civilian Conservation Corps project during the Great Depression.

Date

Aug 13, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25C75_061

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.0Mb (2.6Mb) / 12.5in x 8.4in / 3763 x 2509 (300dpi)

Keywords

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