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ENTRANCE COURTYARD
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
This impressive, yet simple scene
at the entrance to the Illinois building creates a mood which
is carried throughout the exhibit. In the courtyard visitors
can see the famous Gutzon Borglum bust of Lincoln, and Anna Hyatt
Huntington's equestrian statue, "Abraham Lincoln: On the
Prairie," a gift of the sculptress and of Dr. Carleton Smith,
president of the National Arts Foundation. On the graceful curved
walls there are two eloquent statements by Lincoln, particularly
appropriate for our own time.
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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LINCOLN ON MAN'S
DUTY TO MANKIND
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
Quotation on the Wall of inner
Courtyard. On February 12, 1861, en route to Washington to be
Inaugurated as President, Lincoln stopped in Cincinnati, where
he made several short speeches. Speaking to a gathering of Germans,
he paid tribute to the foreign born citizens of our country and
then uttered the words which appear on this wall, finishing by
saying, "I will simply say, that I am for those means which
will give the greatest good to the greatest number."
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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"ABRAHAM LINCOLN:
ON THE PRAIRIE"
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
Bronze equestrian statue of young
Abraham Lincoln when he was a law student and resident of New
Salem. The work of the distinguished sculptress, Anna Hyatt Huntington,
the statue is fourteen feet tall, weighs 6,000 pounds, and is
exhibited here for the first time. In 1966 it will be permanently
placed at the entrance to New Salem Park in Illinois, a gift
from its creator and Dr. Carleton Smith, president of the National
Arts Foundation.
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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GUTZON BORGLUM'S
"THE PRAIRIE RESIDENT"
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
Replica, in bronze, of the heroic
head of Abraham Lincoln, which stands before the Tomb in Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield. Another copy is in the rotunda of
the Capitol in Washington. Over the years the affectionate "pats"
on the nose of the head in Springfield, by millions of visitors
have made it shiny. Equal evidence of affection by the many Fair
visitors is producing a similar condition.
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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THE HOUSE OF THE
"HOUSE DIVIDED"
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
Model of the original Illinois
State Capitol at Springfield, 1840-1877. Now on display in the
Illinois Pavilion, New York World's Fair. It later became the
Sangamon County Court House, but has now been reacquired by the
State and is being restored as it was when Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas were members of the Illinois Legislature.
It was here that Lincoln delivered his famous "House Divided"
speech in 1858. He used the Governor's quarters as his office
as President-elect, from November, 1860 until February, 1861.
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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HILL-McNAMAR (McNEIL)
STORE, REPLICA
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Illinois "Land
of Lincoln" Pavilion
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New York World's
Fair 1964-1965
The original log structure was
built in New Salem, Illinois, in 1829, by Samuel Hill. It was
in this store that Abraham Lincoln first served as Postmaster.
McNamar (who went under the name of McNeil), was Hill's partner
for a while. He also was engaged to marry Ann Rutledge, at the
time of her death in 1835. The store, which housed the Post Office
for a time, carried a complete and varied line of merchandise,
and was a prosperous business in the budding pioneer town 20
miles northwest of Springfield.
Source: Postcard by Dexter
Color Illinois, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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