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An exterior view shows Ulysses S. Grant's log cabin located at Old Orchard Park near St. Louis. On verso: "General Grant's Famous Log Cabin. Built in 1854 of logs hewn-by General Ulysses S. Grant, the corner prominent in this picture having been…

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

Edwin Booth's great-granddaughter, Lois Fellows Grossman, addresses a note to her father, Ignatius Grossman, that reads: "Dear Daddy, I love you. Lois".

Lois Virginia Wilson wears two large hair ornaments while posing for a portrait.

A young Lois Virginia Wilson wears an elaborate hairstyle while posing for a portrait.

Sixteen students act out the popular nursery rhyme and singing game, "London Bridge Is Falling Down."

The truss bridge near London Mills spans across the Spoon River.

An exterior view shows the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum in Athens, Illinois.

Longhorn steers stand in a pen on a ranch.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer's affection for Nelly Bly and describes her personality and her work. Cover image depicts woman standing by a fence.

Philip Wagner, Sr., looks through a book with an unidentified woman.

The view looking east on the south levee in Shawneetown shows several small buildings and piles of lumber on the side of a road.

A young style show model sits on a store display case and looks at herself in a mirror while holding a teddy bear.

An aerial view shows the flooding when looking north from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

A street view shows flooding from Route 37 looking north in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in Mound City looking north.

Lumber from two lumber yards lies on the south levee after flood waters receded in Shawneetown.

The view looking north from the south levee in Shawneetown shows several flood-damaged buildings.

A pile of lumber floats in the floodwaters in Mound City, Pulaski County, at Route 37 looking northeast.

An aerial view of flooding looking south from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

An aerial view shows the flooding from the top of the Halliday Hotel looking southwest of Cairo.

The view looking southwest on the south levee in Shawneetown shows extensive flood damage.

Students use looms to weave cloth inside the Monticello College workshop.