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Illustrated three verse song written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer speaking as Topsy from "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Ballad dedicated to Mrs. Lincoln in memory of the death of her son, Willie, the thiird child of Abraham and Mary, who died, most likely of typhoid fever, at the White House on February 20, 1862.

"Live! Exclaimed the wife of our lamented President as she stood bending over his dying form, live but for one moment, to speak to me once more, to speak to our children"

Several men stand outside the George and John Lee livery with a horse and carriages.Photo caption: "George and John Lee livery stable at Bunker Hill ILL."

A large doorway separates two living rooms in the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield.

Miss Lizzie Campbell of Peoria poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress with a white decoration on the neckline.

Lizzie Stillwell poses for a portrait in profile while wearing a hat covered with a flower and a bow.

Elizabeth "Aunt Lizzie" Washington poses for a portrait at age 90. She was a slave at Chinsegut Estate in Chinsegut, Florida, and remained at the estate after the Emancipation Proclamation. On verso: "She went over the Great Divide a few months ago."

Floodwaters cover the Sahara Coal Company load yard at Muddy, near Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Works Progress Administration men load debris from the alley between 4th Street and 5th Street in Mound City.

A woman stands on railroad tracks as trains load rocks in Carlyle, Illinois.

A Blue Diggings Mine employee operates a mucking machine loading muck into a tram car.

A man loads a truck with crates containing turkeys.On verso: "IL. Rural Electric-Special Section"

Attendees relax in the lobby.

The Lockett residence was located in either Weldon or Patoka, both towns where the Locketts lived. Mary Frances Hutchinson, daughter of Zephaniah K. Hutchinson and Elizabeth Nettleton, married David S. Lockett in 1876, and had a daughter, Lela, in…

The closed doors to the Illinois and Michigan Canal lock at Marseilles, Illinois, help boat traffic move safely. On verso: "The Illinois and Michigan Canal extends from the South Branch of the Chicago River in the city of Chicago to the Illinois…