2009 Historic Illinois calendars available

12 Lincoln portraits featured in special bicentennial edition

[September 16, 2008]  SPRINGFIELD -- Twelve portraits of Abraham Lincoln, both historic and modern, are featured in a special Lincoln Bicentennial edition of the 2009 Historic Illinois calendar, which is now on sale.

The calendar, produced by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is 9 1/2 by 11 inches and, in a departure from past calendars, is vertically oriented to accommodate the Lincoln portraits.

The calendars are $7 each, or just $5 each if you order five or more. You may order the calendars by sending a check or money order, payable to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, to: Historic Illinois Calendar, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701-1512.

For more information, call 217-524-6045. To preview the calendar, visit www.illinois-history.gov/calendar.htm.

The 2009 Historic Illinois calendar contains the following Lincoln images:

Month	Artist	Created
January	Lewis Peter Clover	1860
February	William Camm	1860
March	William F. Cogswell	1864
April	LeRoy Neiman	1968
May	Catherine Carter Critcher	1938
June	Alb Meyer	1925
July	Marla Friedman	2001
August	Umberto Romano	1959
September	William A. Patterson	1925
October	Elijah C. Middleton	1864
November	Francis Bicknell Carpenter	1864
December	Alban Jasper Conant	1862

[Text from Illinois Historic Preservation Agency file received from the Illinois Office of Communication and Information]