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A World War II era advertisement uses an image of a nurse in front of an image of her working with a doctor in the field to recruit women to join the American Red Cross Student Reserve.

Champion judges of the 1913 Bushnell Horse Show congregate on a busy street.

Clifton H. Moore (center) poses for a portrait with his four brothers. Clifton was the first resident lawyer in Clinton. Clifton formed a profitable land speculating partnership with Bloomington Judge David Davis in 1848. Clifton became friends with…

Performers in an "Old Maids" convention, an event meant to raise money by putting on a play or musical performance, pose for a group photo. The photograph verso includes the program listing details about the event and the participants.

Edwin Markham, an American poet and Poet Laureate of Oregon (1923-1931), poses for a portrait. The personalized message and signature at the bottom of the photograph reads, "My dear Carl Vrooman: Here I am - yours with the secret word and the…

Pedestrians walk across a snow-covered bridge in Chicago's Jefferson Park.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt poses for a portrait while he was a Vice-Presidential candidate on the ticket with James Cox during the United States presidential election of 1920. Although his bid was unsuccessful, Roosevelt went on to serve as the 32nd…

Illinois State Historian Harry E. Pratt poses for a portrait.Harry E. Pratt was an Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, historyprofessor, executive secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association, Illinois State Historian, and director of the Illinois…

Several bare trees surround the Logan County Courthouse. On verso: "Logan Co C House 1857-"

The original Macon County Courthouse in Decatur, in use from 1830-1839, is a two-story log building in Decatur, Illinois.

John M. Palmer, a veteran of the American Civil War who served in the Illinois Senate and as the 15th Governor of the state of Illinois (1869-1873), poses for a portrait.

Thomas Ford, eighth Governor of Illinois, poses for a portrait. The image is reproduced from an oil painting by William Camm.

Samuel D. Lockwood poses for a portrait. Lockwood served as Illinois' third Attorney General (1821-1822), second Secretary of State (1822-1823), and a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court (1824-1848). In 1824 President James Madison named Lockwood…

The historic Frederick B. Townsend House, located in Sycamore, is a bed and breakfast today. On verso: "Charles Boynton, banker, built this Victorian Queen Anne for his daughter and son-in-law (Townsend) using granite from 25 DeKalb farms."

Several women stand in front of the wreckage of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

Several men stand near the wreckage of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

Crowds gather around several derailed Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train cars near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

Several people view the wreckage of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

Women surround a passenger injured in the wreck of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

John P. Altgeld, the twentieth Illinois Governor (1893-1897), sits for a portrait.

The city of Peoria appears in a photograph taken from the bluffs above Hickey's Soda Factory.

A carriage stands in front of Peoria's City Hall building.

A painting shows a man walking on a road and looking at the Springfield home of Ninian Wirt Edwards in the distance.

Illinois Soldiers' College and Military Academy in Chicago advertising its first session, September 15, 1866. Initially opened as a military academy in 1861, the Illinois Soldiers' College was organized in 1866 to help disabled Illinois veterans…

A body of water runs through Deer Park.On verso: "Deer Park is a gorge worn by the action of water through the soft sandstone. Its length is over a quarter of a mile, depth nearly 100 feet, width from 30 to 100 feet, and is nearly five miles from La…