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
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 by the Foundation 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.
This exhibit is free and open to the public through June 13, 2025.


