Two workers viewing the trench on the west side of the Lincoln Home during the 1987-1988 restoration. The interior of the west retaining wall can be seen to the left of the picture. The 90 degree turn of the wall to form the north section of the retaining wall can be seen in the middle…
Event: Lincoln Home restoration
Trench on the south side of the Lincoln Home. A section of retaining wall can be seen on the right of the picture. The plywood at the middle of the photo is a temporary wall for the south gate and steps for the Lincoln Home and lot. Photographer is facing east.
A section of retaining wall exposed during the Lincoln Home restoration of 1987-1988.
Brick fireplace chimney inside Lincoln Home wall.
A large metal wire or bar jutting out from the Lincoln Home foundation. Uncovered during the 1987-1988 restoration.
North east corner and foundation of Lincoln Home during the 1987-1988 restoration. Photographer facing north west.
Lincoln Home south retaining wall, gate, and south porch after the 1954 State of Illinois restoration. Carriage house in the background. Photographer facing north east.
Members of the Colonial Dames in the back yard of the Lincoln Home during the 1987-88 Restoration of the Lincoln Home. Photographer facing east.
Members of the Colonial Dames on a tour entering the Carriage House in the back yard of the Lincoln Home during the 1987-88 Restoration of the Lincoln Home. Photographer facing east.
A man in a wheelchair waits on the Lincoln home back yard boardwalk while chatting with a Lincoln Home staff member. Photographer facing east.
