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On front: Miner's Hall, Mt. Olive, Ill.

On verso: Miner's Hall, Mt. Olive

Photo of unidentified man looking at the cemetery plots

View of Miner's Cemetery, Mount Olive, Illinois

Photo from distance of Miner's Cemetery

Adolph Germer standing next to a headstone for three graves

Man standing in front of cemetery

Floodwaters surround mine buildings in Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.On verso: "Mine at edge of Harrisburg that filled with water."

Several men on the mine rescue team wear oxygen masks while carrying a stretcher outside the Shaft House at the Calumet-Hecla Mines in Calumet, Michigan.

Floodwaters cover the Number Three mine shaft during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A view shows flooding at Mine Number One during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters reach the rooflines of company houses at Mine Number 3 during the Ohio River Flood.

Sandbags lie around the mine shaft at Mine Number 18 during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A street view shows floodwaters from Route 45 approaching Mine Number 1 during the Ohio River Flood.

Mine No. 15 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg, with the mine tracks and cars shown in the front.

A horse and buggy ride past storefronts with large awnings in 1890.On verso: "Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, Ill in 1890."

General Milton K. Alexander poses for a portrait in a dark suit and tie. Alexander, who knew Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln practiced law in Edgar County, made a name for himself as a fighter during the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars, eventually…