In 1912, Dale Carnegie started teaching public speaking at the 125th street YMCA in New York.  The building is gone now, but I found these amazing old photos of the original "classroom" for the young Dale Carnegie.

Dale Carnegie was an avid Lincoln fan.  He collected his signatures, a chair that once sat in the Oval office during his administration, and even a casting of his face and hands.  He wrote two books about Lincoln; the first, he decided not to publish, and the second, "Lincoln, the Unknown", he published in 1932.   Here is a picture of one of only a handful of copies of his first book on Lincoln:

I have a first edition copy of "Lincoln, the Unknown", signed by Dale Carnegie.  It is a treasure.


Abraham Lincoln once said, "All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."