One of America’s greatest poets and writers, Carl Sandburg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times – twice for volumes of his poetry, and once for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. Sandburg was born on this day, January 6, in 1878 (d. 1967).

“The sitting for this portrait of Carl Sandburg was brief for he could spare only a few minutes in 1954 in my New York studio-apartment for a portrait, and less for conversation. Still, the tall, broad figure, the massive, roughcast face, the clear eyes, and the mane of white hair falling across the forehead must delight any photographer.” Read more.