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Photographer: Duane and Tracy Marsteller
Taken: May 23, 2020
Caption: Closeup from the marker
Additional Description: The largest crowd for any of the Lincoln-Douglas debates stood for more than three hours on a cold and windy Thursday afternoon, straining to hear Lincoln and Senator Douglas. This painting is a color facsimile of an illustration of the Galesburg Lincoln-Douglas debate by Victor Perard that appeared in the October 1896 issue of McClure's Magazine. At a time when intercollegiate debate and oratorical competitions were as intensely followed as intercollegiate athletics are today, the Lincoln-Douglas debates had already attained legendary status.
Submitted: May 27, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p523520
File Size: 0.393 Megabytes

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