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Several men line drill with jackhammers while creating the foundations for Radio City Music Hall.

Members of the Illinois National Guard line up outside their tents.

Soldiers at Camp Logan line up with their dishes for a meal.

A lion trainer works with his subject in preparation for a circus show in Bloomington.

Several young women sit on a stage while taking part in a beauty contest held by the Lions Club in Fairfield.

Four participants in a Lions Club beauty event in Fairfield stand for a photograph.

Performers in blackface sit on a stage and put on a minstrel show in a Fairfield school gymnasium.

An audience takes in a theatrical minstrel stage show in Fairfield a school gymnasium.

The Lions Club minstrel show audience applauds during a performance held in a Fairfield school gymnasium.

A large cast of performers stand on a stage in a Fairfield school gymnasium during a minstrel stage show.

A performer dances with a lady in the audience during a minstrel show taking place in a Fairfield school gymnasium.

Lions Club minstrel show performers stand around a table discussing the person lying on it.

Illinois State Police officers raid an establishment to confiscate liquor as part of an investigation into illegal activity.

"Most respectfully dedicated to, and sung by, Mrs. Maggie Mitchell in the popular drama of that name." Lyrics depict story of a young girl begging for money to purchase bread until she dies on the street. Chorus reminds listeners of many other people…

Two three verse songs, "As sung by Little Cordelia Howard, in the successful Drama of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' at the National Theatre, N. Y." Lyrics depict character of "Little Eva" from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" singing about death and Uncle Tom's freedom…

A little girl, somehow related to the Hearst Strike in Chicago, eats a meal while sitting on the grass. The Hearst Corporation, founded by William Randolph Hearst, became the largest media conglomerate in the world in the 1920s and has had continued…

"They called him 'Little Major,' the noble drummer boy; The pride of all his regiment, and his commander's joy." Lyrics depict drummer boy seeking and being refused water as he lays dying on the battlefield. Cover image depicts border of song titles…

Announcement from the Little Sower Recruiting Commission of Schuyler County that Perry Hobbs has been appointed recruiting officer in the "Sunday School Army."

Ballad. "Tad the pet name of President Lincoln's youngest son __He was a great favorite with his father, as may be inferred from the fact that Mrs. Lincoln while at the bedside of her dying husband, exclaimed, 'O bring our 'TAD' here for he loves…