Osborn Oldroyd in the Lincoln Home

Date: through 06/13/25
Location: Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center, 426 S. 7th Street Springfield, IL

Select artifacts from our collection that were once owned by Osborn Oldroyd are currently on exhibit in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center now through 06/13/25.

Items from the Lincoln Presidential Foundation collection are currently on display at Lincoln Home NHS for their exhibit on Osborn Oldroyd, a Civil War veteran, former caretaker of Lincoln Home, and collector of Lincolniana. Items loaned were owned by Oldroyd and include an engraving of “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation,” an autographed note, and material referenced in Oldroyd’s book, The Lincoln Memorial Album of the Immortelles.