The photographs in this collection were used by Lilian Sandburg to advertise stock in dairy goat journals and yearbooks and to document the herd. There was a great demand for the goats because of their excellent milk production, Lilian Sandburg’s reputation among the goat breeding industry, and Carl Sandburg's celebrity status. These photographs are in the Lilian Steichen Sandburg Papers, which became the property of the National Park Service in 1968.