This is a photo of the Lincoln Log Cabin bedroom, home of Thomas Lincoln. Tom was the dad of Abe Lincoln. The bed is typical of the 1840s. The bed frame appears to be home-made of clear pine. The mattress is supported by ropes threaded through holes in the bed frame to form a head-to-foot, side-to-side grid. The mattress is a cloth bag stuffed with straw or feathers. A feather mattress was a cozy,warm haven during the frigid Illinois winters, especially when the outside door was just a few feet away. Under the bed is a second bed, called a trundle bed, which was pulled out at night. The trundle bed might have been occupied by the family's children. . . . several of them might have shared the bed each night. And lastly,there is a cradle. This piece of furniture was typically used by a family eight, nine, ten or more times as new babies were born in this room. Most children were born at home as late as the 1920s. Notice, the cabin walls are white-washed. Many pioneers painted the inside walls of their log home white to magnify the daylight that penetrated the small cabin windows.